Of the 48 oranges in a carton, one-third of them were rotten. ben and david took the remaining good oranges. if ben took 8 more oranges than david, how many oranges did david take?

Pamela has a 30-year, 5.75% mortgage on her $250,000 home. she has been paying on it for 5 years, and has recently hit some financial trouble. if her lender agreed to lower the interest rate on her $231,905.47 balance to 5.5%, what will her new payment be for the remainder of the loan?