There were 256 farmers in the county 30 years ago. Five eighths of those farmers have changed occupations. How many of the 256 farmers changed occupations?

Apublic library wants to place 4 magazines and 9 books on each display shelf. the expression 4s+9s represents the total number of items that will be displayed on s shelves. simplify the expression

You have 138.72 in your saving account u take out 45.23 and 18.00 you deposit 75.85 into your account

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?