Two numbers between $0$ and $1$ on a number line are to be chosen at random. What is the probability that the second number chosen will exceed the first number chosen by a distance greater than $\frac 14$ unit on the number line

Sanya noticed that the temperature was falling at a steady rate of 1.4 degrees every hour from the time that she first checked her outdoor thermometer. by 6 a. m., the temperature had fallen 21 degrees. which expression can you use to find how many hours earlier she had first checked the thermometer?