The velocity is 4. You didn’t say what you needed to find but I’m pretty sure it’s that
So, here we have an exponential function.
Remember that an exponential function has the form:

Where a represents an initial amount, and r is the rate of this amount to change. (Increase, or decrease).
So, given that the population of City A in 2000 was 40 thousand people and the population increased by 13% each year, we can say that

So,

For city B:

But something different happens with city C. This is not an exponential function, this is a linear function.
So,

Answer:
-17/14
Step-by-step explanation:
To subtract fractions, you must have a common denominator. If that is not given, you make it.
You do so buy finding the LCM of denominators:
LCM of 7 and 2 = 14
Now, here you have multiplied the denominators either by 7 or 2. You do the same for the respective numerators:
2x2/14 - 3x7/14 = 4/14 - 21/14.
Now that you have the same denominator, subtract the numerators:
4-21 = - 17
Put it back as a fraction : -17/14
hope this helps.