What is -5 5/8+ 3 1/2

Derricks dog sitting and darlene's dog sitting are competing for new business. the companies ran the ads shown.which dog sitting service is more economic to use if you need 5 hours of service? explain.

Which of those sequences is a geometric sequence

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?