Is the expression (5x2) equal to the expression 10 ?

Solve with work both bert and ernie received an increase in their weekly salaries. bert's salary increased from $520 to $520. ernie's salary went from $580 to $645. find the percent of increase for each salary. what was the larger of the two percents ?

Evaluate this using ! 0.25^2 x 2.4 + 0.25 x 2.4^2 − 0.25 x 2.4 x 0.65

Iknow its nothing to do with education, but what type of thing should i wrote here? ? : ) its for mcdonald's btw.