What is the question exactly? What is it you are trying to find?
Ryan only work for 9 1/4 hour everyday because he takes 1 1/4 hour of break so you minus the from the total and get the sum of 9 1/4
2.57*10^4 is 1,000,000 times more than 2.57*10^-1
Why?
4-(-1)=5 2
2.57*10^4=25700
2.57*10^-1=0.0257
and
25700
÷ 0.0257
=1000000
and 1000000=10^6
3 less then x.......x - 3
is equal to 13...= 13
x - 3 = 13 <==