Please help me with properties of exponents

If myesha works overtime, she gets paid "time and a half" for every hour she works. in other words, for every hour over 40 hours myesha works each week, she gets her hourly pay plus half her hourly pay. what is myesha's pay per hour when she works overtime?

What is the standard form of -5x^2+2x^4-11+x^3+3x

Lance lived in portugal and brazil for a total of 14 months to learn portuguese. he learned an average of 130 new words per month when he lived in portugal, and an average of 150 new words per month when he lived in brazil. in total he learned 1920 new words. write a system of equations to represent the situation. use x to represent portugal, and y to represent brazil