How could writing a problem using an exponent be easier to understand than repeated multiplication?

Elijah and his sister went to the movies. they had $34 altogether and spent $9.50 per ticket. elijah and his sister bought the same snacks. write and solve an inequality fotlr the amount that each person spent on snacks. interpret the solition

3-12. write each answer with a reasonable number of figures. find the absolute uncertainty and percent relative uncertainty for each answer. (a) [12.41 (±0.09) + 4.16 (±0.01)] x 7.068 2 (±0.000 4) =? (b) [3.26 (±0.10) x 8.47 (±0.05)] - 0.18 (±0.06) =? (c) 6.843 (±0.008) x 104 + [2.09 (±0.04)- 1.63 (±0.01)] =?

Yesterday i ran 5 miles. today, i ran 3.7 miles. did my percent increase, decrease or is it a percent error? plz i need