During a game of tug-of-war your teacher states that your team's current position is -5 steps does this mean your team is 5 steps forward from the starting point or your team is five steps back from the starting point the distance between your team and the other team is five steps or your team just took five steps forward?

Ricky takes out a $31,800 student loan to pay his expenses while he is in college. after graduation, he will begin making payments of $190.66 per month for the next 30 years to pay off the loan. how much more will ricky end up paying for the loan than the original value of $31,800? ricky will end up paying $ more than he borrowed to pay off the loan.