What’s 4x + 3 = 2x + 23 ?

1. what is the formula for finding the vertical distance between two points on a coordinate plane?

Aplot of land has been surveyed for a new housing development with borders ab, bc, dc, and da. the plot of land is a right trapezoid with a height of 60 feet and an opposite leg length of 65 feet

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?