Is 2xy=-8 a function ?

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?

Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (-3, -1) and (0, 3). 3/4 0 4/3

The volume of a rectangular prism is found by multiplying the length, width, and height of the prism. a rectangular prism has a width of 5x^2units, a length of 7x^3 units and a height of 2x^4 units. which is the volume of the prism in terms of x?