The amount of decreased divided by the original amount equals the ___of decreased

Find the length of the following tangent segments to the circles centered at o and o' whose radii are 5 and 3 respectively and the distance between o and o' is 12. what is the tangent segment of cd?

What number should be added to both sides of the equation to complete this square? x^2-10x=7

12. the amount of money in a bank account decreased by 21.5% over the last year. if the amount of money at the beginning of the year is represented by ‘n', write 3 equivalent expressions to represent the amount of money in the bank account after the decrease?