The number z multiplied by the sum of x and y

Ten members of balin's soccer team ran warm ups for practice. each member ran the same distance. their combined distance was 5/6 of a mile. to find the distance that each member ran, balin wrote the expression below.

Jim had 3,067.48 in his checking account he wrote a check to pay for two airplane tickets. his account now has 1,845.24.

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?