Joe told mickey he got an hourly raise at work and his new rate will be $10.25 per hour. mickey wants to know what joe’s hourly rate was before his raise. if r represents the amount of the raise, which expression represents joe’s hourly rate before his raise?

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?