Simplify completely ((x2-4x+4)/(x2+10x+25)) x ((x+5)/(x2+3x-10))

Jack has a piece of red ribbon that is two times as long as his piece of blue ribbon. he says that he can use two different equation to find out how long his piece of red ribbon is compared to his piece of blue ribbon is. is he correct? explain his reasoning

Erik buys 2.5 pounds of cashews. if each pound of cashews costs $7.70, how much will he pay for the cashews?

What is the area of a rectangle with vertices (-8,-2), (-3,-2), (-3,-6), and (-8,-6)? units