What is 12.5% in decimal form? PLEASE EXPLAIN

Lola says these two expressions have the same value. expression a expression b which explains whether lola is correct?

Ms.ortiz sells tomatoes wholesale. the function p(x)=-80x^2+320x-10, graphed below, indicates how much profit she makes on a load of tomatoes if she makes on a load of tomatoes if she sells them for 4-x dollars per kilogram. what should ms.ortiz charge per kilogram of tomatoes to make on a load of tomatoes?

Afarmer has a large field that is x feet in length. he wants to fence in a rectangular section in the middle of the field , leaving a length of 100 feet of open field behind each end of the fenced rectangle.he also wants the width of the fenced-in space to be 100 feet less than its length. find the expressions to represent the length and width of the fenced section of the field