Two less than a product of two numbers?

The capulet and montague families love writing. last year, each capulet wrote 444 essays, each montague wrote 666 essays, and both families wrote 100100100 essays in total. this year, each capulet wrote 888 essays, each montague wrote 121212 essays, and both families wrote 200200200 essays in total. how many capulets and montagues are there? choose 1

What is the answer to this problem 7 * 5/6

Asquare is dilated by a scale factor of 1.25 to create a new square. how does the area of the new square compare with the area of the original square? a)the area of the new square is 1.25 times the area of the original square. b)the area of the new square is 2.50 times the area of the original square. c)the area of the new square is 1.252 times the area of the original square. d)the area of the new square is 1.253 times the area of the original square.