Answer and explain how you received that answer, these are the three problems i had trouble with out of 18

Billy plotted −3 4 and −1 4 on a number line to determine that −3 4 is smaller than −1 4 is he correct? explain why or why not?

Look at the hyperbola graphed below. the hyperbola gets very close to the red lines on the graph, but it never touches them. which term describes each of the red lines? o o o o a. asymptote b. directrix c. focus d. axis

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?