Measurement questions please help

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.

Gexpressions: practice question 3 of 5 jackson wants to study the popularity of his music video by tracking the number of views the video gets on his website. the expression below represents the total number of views that jackson's video receives n days after he begins tracking the nu views, where b is the rate at which the number of views changes. alb)" select the statement that would accurately describe the effect of tripling a, the initial number of views before jackson beginst the rate at which the number of views changes, b, will triple. the total number of views the video has after n days, a(b)", will not change. the total number of days since jackson begins tracking views, n, will be reduced by one-third. the total number of views the video has after n days, alb)", will triple. submit

Find the value of x. also give me an explanation so i can complete it to other questions as well, : )