someone help. how do you determine the scale factor in dilation when the new image is a reduction of the pre image, and they're triangles

Which of the following is the best first step in solving the equation below? 4+2㏒³x=17

Three people are traveling and need to exchange the currency of their native country for the currency of the country they are visiting. drag each exchange to the category that shows the ratio of currencies in that exchange.

Abucket of paint has spilled on a tile floor. the paint flow can be expressed with the function p(t) = 6(t), where t represents time in minutes and p represents how far the paint is spreading. the flowing paint is creating a circular pattern on the tile. the area of the pattern can be expressed as a(p) = 3.14(p)^2 part a: find the area of the circle of spilled paint as a function of time, or a[p(t)]. show your work. part b: how large is the area of spilled paint after 8 minutes? you may use 3.14 to approximate pi in this problem.