25 added to the difference between Y and 7

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?

Tod does not have any cookies. david gives jeff 8 cookies. then he splits half of the cookies he has left with tod. david let’s c represent the number of cookies that he starts with. he finds the number of cookies that tod has is 1/2 the difference of c and 8. write an expression to represent the number of cookies that tod has.

What are the solutions of the equation? 5z^2 + 9z - 2 = 0 a. 1, -2 b. 1, 2 c. 1/5, -2 d. 1/5, 2