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Reagan lives five miles farther from school than vanessa lives. write an expression to describe how far reagan lives from school

A)a square brown tarp has a square green patch green in the corner the side length of the tarp is (x + 8) and the side length of the patch is x what is the area of the brown part of the tarpb)a square red placemat has a gold square in the corner the side length of the gold square is (x - 2) inches with the width of the red region is 4 in what is the area of the red part of the placemat

If 5x - 2 = -12, then x = a) -50 b) -4.4 c) -2.8 d) -2