Can y’all please solve

The scale for a map is 20 miles = 1/2 inch. the distance between two towns on the map is 3 3/4 inches. what is the actual distance between these towns? 150 miles 38 miles 75 miles 135 miles

The parabola x= √y-9 opens: a.)up b.)down c.)right d.)left

Yesterday i ran 5 miles. today, i ran 3.7 miles. did my percent increase, decrease or is it a percent error? plz i need