Please help Im struggling

Bruce is getting materials for a chemistry experiment his teacher gives him a container that has 0.25 liter of liquid in it.bruce need to use 0.4 of this liquid for the experiment. how much liquid will bruce use?

Which is a true statement comparing the graphs of x^2/6^2-y^2/8^2 = 1 and x^2/8^2-y^2/6^2 the foci of both graphs are the same points. the lengths of both transverse axes are the same. the directrices of = 1 are horizontal while the directrices of = 1 are vertical. the vertices of = 1 are on the y-axis while the vertices of = 1 are on the x-axis.

Which simplifys to a+ b? a-(1-b)+1 -(1-a)-b+1 (a--1) -1)+1