Which expression is equivalent to 3.7x + (0.5 – 6y) + 0.8 – (1.7x + 1 – 2.3y)?

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".