Hello please help i don’t understand the equation y+4x=100 represents your distance y (in meters) from the finish line x seconds after you begin your leg of a relay race. The equation y+3.8x=97 represents your opponent’s distance from the finish line. How far do you need to run until you catch up to your opponent?

The manufacturer of a new product developed the following expression to predict the monthly profit, in thousands of dollars, from sales of the productwhen it is sold at a unit price of x dollars.-0.5x^2 + 22x - 224what is represented by the zero(s) of the expression? a. the profit when the unit price is equal to 0b. the unit price(s) when the profit is equal to 0c. the profit when the unit price is greatestd. the unit price(s) when profit is greatest

If a runner who runs at a constant speed of p miles per hour runs a mile in exactly p minutes what is the integer closest to the value p

Titus works at a hotel. part of his job is to keep the complimentary pitcher of water at least half full and always with ice. when he starts his shift, the water level shows 4 gallons, or 128 cups of water. as the shift progresses, he records the level of the water every 10 minutes. after 2 hours, he uses a regression calculator to compute an equation for the decrease in water. his equation is w –0.414t + 129.549, where t is the number of minutes and w is the level of water. according to the equation, after about how many minutes would the water level be less than or equal to 64 cups?