What is the rate of change?

What is the expression in factored form? 225x^2 - 144 a. 9(5x+4)^2 b. 9(5x-4)^2 c. 9(4x+5)(4x-5) d. 9(5x+4)(5x-4)

Acar started driving from city a to city b, distance between which is 620 miles, at a rate of 60 mph. two hours later a truck left city b and started moving towards city a at a rate of 40 mph. what distance from city a is the point where the truck and the car will meet?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?