Sydney's lap time for the 100 meter dash was 13.87 seconds on her first trial. Her second trial time was 14.15 seconds. What was the change of percent between her first trial and her second trial?

There is a 2% increase. 0.28 difference

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".