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?

You drop a rubber ball off the roof of a 50 meter high building onto a paved parking lot. it bounces back up with every bounce, but not quite all the way back up to you. after the first bounce it bounces back only 80 percent of the distance it was dropped from. the pattern continues, meaning after every bounce it comes up to just 80 percent of the previous maximum height. so if before the first bounce the height is 50 meters, what height does the ball reach after the fifth bounce? round your answer to one decimal place and chose the correct response from the choices below:

At the electronics store you have a coupon for 20% off up to 2 cds you buy for cds with the original cost of $10.99 each the sales tax is 5% what is the total cost of your purchase

The total ticket sales for a high school basketball game were $2,260. the ticket price for students were $2.25 less than the adult ticket price. the number of adult tickets sold was 230, and the number of student tickets sold was 180. what was the price of an adult ticket?