Ok first of all why is I doing this

When they are both racing on hoverboards, victoria is 3 times as fast as her brother max. when she is on foot, she is 3 times slower than max on his hoverboard. they took off on hoverboards at the same time, but after 12 minutes, victoria’s hoverboard broke and she immediately started to run. if the race was a tie, how long, in minutes, did it last from start to finish?

Adrawer contains 12 identical white socks, 18 identical black socks and 14 identical brown socks. what is the least number of socks you must choose, without looking, to be certain that you have chosen two socks of the same colour?

Express in the simplest form: (x^2+9x+14/x^2-49) / (3x+6/x^2+x-56)