In a class of 40 students, everyone has either a pierced nose or a pierced ear. the professor asks everyone with a pierced nose to raise his or her hand. seven hands go up. then the professor asked everyone with a pierced ear to do likewise. this time there are 36 hands raised. how many students have piercings both on their ears and their noses?​

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?