Because both positive and negative values have<span> a positive </span>absolute value.
3/15 means if you pay the bill within 15 you will get a discount by 3%
Now solve your question
178.95−(178.95×0.03)
=173.58 be paid
Since 57x17=969 I did 969-942 and got 27 so there is 16 full rows and then 27 left over so that means it won’t be a full row but 27 extra seats will be filled. (If your wondering where the 17 came from that’s how many rows can be made that’s over 942 because if I did 57x16 it would equal 912 and I would not have had a full row of chairs)
Answer:
The borrower will pay back $4,136.
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a simple interest problem.
The simple interest formula is given by:

In which E are the earnings, P is the principal(the initial amount of money), I is the interest rate(yearly, as a decimal) and t is the time.
After t years, the total amount of money is:
.
In this question:
Loan amount of 1760, so 
Interest rate of 13 and one half, so 13.5%. This means that
.
10 years, so 
Interest on the Loan:

Total amount:

The borrower will pay back $4,136.