It is given in the question that, a rocket travels 2.8x10^4 km h^-1.
It means in one hour, the rocket travels

And we have to find how much the rocket travels in 5 hours, and for that we have to do multiplication, that is

I think the answer would be negative 3
S = 1 + 3 + 5 + ... + 11 + 13 + 15
S = 15 + 13 + 11 + ... + 5 + 3 + 1
==> 2S = (1 + 15) + (3 + 13) + (5 + 11) + ... + (15 + 1)
There are 8 terms in the sum, so
2S = 8 * 16 = 128
S = 128/2 = 64
We set up a proportion: 14/?= 1/5
Cross multiply: 1*?= 14*5
⇒ ?= 14*5/1= 70
1/5 of 70 is 14.
Ms. Pacheco = P
Mr. Richards = R
Mr. Edwards = E
P = R + 3
E = 2R
R + E = 81
81 = R + 2R
81 = 3R
81 ÷ 3 = R
R = 27
P = R + 3
P = 27 + 3
P = 30
E = 2R
E = 2×27
E = 54