How many zero's does octo-quad-trillion have?

Quick translate "x is 12 units from 20" into an equation. what are the values of x being described? if you can answer any of my other questions that'd be great too

Two cars which are 40 miles apart start moving simultaneously in the same direction with constant speeds. if the speed of the car which is behind is 56 mph and the speed of the other car is 48 mph, how many hours will it take for the car which is behind to catch up the car ahead of it?

Martha is training for a duathlon, which includes biking and running. she knows that yesterday she covered a total distance of over 55.5 miles in more than than 4.5 hours of training. martha runs at a speed of 6 mph and bikes at a rate of 15.5 mph.