Becky received a statement on her Certificate of Deposit showing that her investment had returned $6,336 over its life. If the Certificate of Deposit pays a simple interest rate of 4.4% and her initial investment was $16,000, how long had the money been invested?

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?