What is the center and radius of a circle with equation

There is a line with slope 1/a going through the point (a, a²). find the equation of the line perpendicular to this line at this point. (don’t let this problem intimidate you! solve the problem as you would if i’d given you specific values. just use variables instead.)

An airplane travels at an unknown elevation before it descends 3 miles to an elevation of 15 miles. find the elevation of the plane before its descen.

Point s lies between points r and t on . if rt is 10 centimeters long, what is st? 2 centimeters 4 centimeters 6 centimeters 8 centimeters