Two questions, and both are for algebra. The first one you do NOT solve. And it’s a word problem. The 2nd is a system of equations. Please show your work, explain, and justify the solution

Describe a situation that you could represent with the inequality x< 17

The sum of the first eight terms of an arithmetic progression is 9m + 14. the fifth term of the06 progression is 2m - 6, where m is a constant.given that the first term of the progression is 26,find the value of the common difference, d and thevalue of m.

Is there an x intercept in the equation 60*1.15^x