You have to distribute the minus sign to the second parenthesis, changing the sign of every term:

Answer:
The answer is the first one. Inside the absolute value symbols it is negative but absolute value answers are always positive. Instead of -30 the answer is 30.
Answer: B) FalseThe input x = 5 leads to the two outputs f(x) = 2 and f(x) = 1 (as shown by the green arrows in the attached image). In order to have a function, all of the inputs must lead to exactly one output.
A=50000(1.025^t), B=50000+3000t
A(10)=$64004.23, B(10)=$80000
So Brock will be earning $15995.77 more than Adam in the tenth year.