What does a variable next to a number mean?

Jordan rides his bike 6 7/15 miles every day to deliver newspapers and to go to and from school. if his ride to and from school is 4 3/10 miles, how many miles is the trip to deliver newspapers? 1 1/3 1 1/6 2 1/6 2 4/5

How many terms does the polynomial x^2 y^2 have

Amachine that produces a special type of transistor (a component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. the production is considered a random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) what is the probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect? (b) what is the probability that the machine produces no defective transistors in a batch of 100? (c) on average, how many transistors would you expect to be produced before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (d) another machine that also produces transistors has a 5% defective rate where each transistor is produced independent of the others. on average how many transistors would you expect to be produced with this machine before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (e) based on your answers to parts (c) and (d), how does increasing the probability of an event a↵ect the mean and standard deviation of the wait time until success?