write an expression representing the area of the new square.. help guys with Agebra Investigation grade 10​

Jalen charges $25.50 for every 3 hours of yard work he does for his neighbors. ralph charges $34 for every 4 hours of work that he does. who charges less? opinions: 1.they charge the same amount 2.jalen 3.ralph

Ijust need these 2 questions answered (the second pic is just confirmation i'm not confident in that answer)

What is the value of the discriminant of the quadratic equation -2x = -8x + 8 and what does its value mean about thenumber of real number solutions the equation has?