expenses is greater in Jan and Feb
Jan −85.6 Loss
Feb −162.44 Loss
Mar 0
June 306.77 Gain
July 301.5 Gain
Aug 337.88 Gain
You can use the FOIL method when you have two binomials.
First, outer, inner, last
M^2 - 2mn + n^2
(-2)^2 -2(-2)(4) + 4^2
4 + 16 + 16
36
The

row is filled by just plugging in the corresponding values of

and

into the ODE.
For example, when

and

, you have

and so on.
Since you have the answers given, just track their walking.
After one hour, one guy has covered 3mi and the other 4mi, which is in total 7, not 14
After 2 hours, one guy has covered 6mi and the other 8mi, which is 14mi
The algebraic way would be:
3x +4x = 14 *x being the hour
7x = 14
x =2