Tell why these expressions are not polynomials

Two cars which are 40 miles apart start moving simultaneously in the same direction with constant speeds. if the speed of the car which is behind is 56 mph and the speed of the other car is 48 mph, how many hours will it take for the car which is behind to catch up the car ahead of it?

Use the quadratic function to predict f(x) if x equals 8. f(x) = 25x2 − 28x + 585

Adriana had a garden where he measured the height of a corn plant. what. on the first day,it was 145 cm tall.after 2 weeks is grew by 23 cm.what is the height of the corn plant