Use absolute value to express the distance between 10 and -4

Absolute value does not include direction, therefore, does not have a negative sign. Always positive.

The distance between 10 and -4 is 14.

I showed why in the attachment below. 

So, since we do not include the sign, your final answer is 14.

Final 14

It is 198,87032,750 + 375 = 33145 so, we take the 6% and we make it a decimal (0.6) and multiply that, then that is your answer

a - base

b - exponent

so,

the base is 8the exponent is 3the exponent tells you to multiply 8 together three timesthe expanded form is 8*8*8