A map of the scale of 1 inch equals 15 miles what is the actual distance between two cities are 2 1/2 inches apart on the map

Question: what is the value of x 4x-2= (-7) +5x. it would be greatly appreciated if someone could actually explain to me step by step

One side of a rectangle is 7 feet shorter than seven times the other side. find the length of the shorter side if we also know that the perimeter of the rectangle is 306 feet.

The clayton family’s pool has vertices at the coordinates (0, 2), (0, 5), (2, 5), (2, 6), (5, 6), (5, 1), (2, 1), and (2, 2). if each grid square has an area of 9 square feet, what is the area of the pool?