I need help with geometry and it's a times test.

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.

How can i differentiate this equation?

Grandpa ernie is shrinking! over the past 4 years his height decreased by a total of 2.4 cm.it decreased by the same amount each year. what was the change in grandpa ernie's height each year