Because greater means best, and you have to start with the best!
Just kidding, the real answer is that it makes it more simple to count up on the number line. If you start with the higher number, you don't have to count up as many places because you count up whatever the value of the smaller number is
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
B) There were more sofas sold at Store B than at Store A
Step-by-step explanation:
Count up the number of sofas that each store sold, and then compare.
Hope this helped! :)
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
I think <span>D.2d^2+15d+18/(d+8)(d-8)</span>
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
y=(3x/2)+3 and y=(-1x/2)-1
Step-by-step explanation:
So what I did was use rise/run to find the slope of the equation. Let's focus on the line going from the bottom left to the top right corner. For this line, I would start on (-2,0) which is one of the points plotted on your number line and count how much it is away from (0,3). You should get 3 units. After this, count how much it is to the right which is 2 units. Now, use rise/run to find the slope. 3/2, therefore the slope of the line is 3x/2.  Now all we need is the y-int. For the Y int, all we have to do is see where the line touches the Y-axis which in this case is at (0,3). So your y-int would be 3. Now we can use this information to craft an equation in the form y=mx+b, m being the slope and b  being the y int. We should get y=(3x/2)+3. Now repeat this with the other line to find the equation, but be careful!!! It has a negative slope. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer: 69.3
Step-by-step explanation: