Ineed on this one can anybody tell me. and you.

The area of a rectangle is 10 cm^2. one side of the rectangle is x cm. express the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of x and show that this rectangle cannot have a perimeter of 12 cm. the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of x is __ cm

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?

You borrow $25,000 to buy a boat. the simple interest rate is 4%. you pay the loan off after 10 years. what is the total amount you paid for the loan?