Factoring trinomials

can you me understand this a little more the question is this

13y squared - 5yx - 8x squared

If 20% of a number is 35, what is 50% of that number?

Problem melissa is her dad build a walkway in their backyard. the walkway will be 54 feet long and 1.5 feet wide. the local hardware store sells tiles which are 1.5 by 1.5 feet and come in boxes of 12. how many boxes of tiles do they need?

Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. including sarah a total of 11 people took the trip. she was able to purchase coach tickets for $280 and first class tickets for $1280. she used her total budget for airfare for the trip, which was $6080. how many first class tickets did she buy? how many coach tickets did she buy?