Aaron is 53 ž inches tall. His friend Xaviar was 48.75 inches tall, but grew 2 inches over the summer. How much taller is Aaron than Xaviar?

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Kendra had twice as much money as kareem. kendra later spent $8 and kareem earned $6. by then,the two had the same amount of money. how much money did each have originally?

Simplify using positive exponents only.