How can you find a 30% increase to 50?

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?

Write the equation of the line that passes through (3, 4) and (2, −1) in slope-intercept form. (2 points) y = 3x − 7 y = 3x − 5 y = 5x − 11 y = 5x − 9

Isabelle is mixing red and blue paint to make purple paint she adds 3/10 of a fluid ounce of red to 12/25 of a fluid ounce of blue to make 1 1/30 fluid ounces of purple how many fluid ounces of red paint ounces of red paint will she need to make 3 fluid ounces of purple paint