What is the answer to -2x- x +8

Write the point-slope form of the line passing through (2, -12) and parallel to y=3x.

X/y + 4y/x divided by x/y - 2y/x explain as in depth as you can how you simplfied the fractions. i don't know where to start on this : /

The moats separating people from the animals are 5 m wide for lions and 4 m wide for the elephants. if the lion’s moat is 4 m deep, how deep should the elephants’ moat be?