What is the difference between /-3/ and -3

How do i start to solve? would appreciate a walk-thru! a bird sitting 16ft above the ground in an apple tree dislodges an apple. after how many seconds does the apple land on the ground? (assuming that no branches will interfere with it's fall)

Write an expression that represent sarah’s total pay last week. represent her hourly wage with w monday 5 tuesday 3 wednesday 0 noah hours wednesday 8 only with w wage did noah and sarah earn the same amount last week?

Maria found the least common multiple of 6 and 15. her work is shown below. multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, . . multiples of 15: 15, 30, 45, 60, . . the least common multiple is 60. what is maria's error?