A(7x + 3) = b + 14x what are the values of a and b

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?

[10 points, algebra 2]according to my answer key the restrictions are -1 and 4. but why not positive 1?

Apolygon is shown on the graph: a polygon is shown on the coordinate plane. vertices are located at 3 comma 5, 1 comma 3, 1 comma 1, 2 comma 0, 4 comma 0, 5 comma 1, and 5 comma 3. what effect will a translation 3 units down and 2 units left have on the polygon? be sure to address how it could impact the angles, side lengths, and congruency between the original pre-image and the image. xd i need