Cannot get this at all im scared to fail-

Find the center and the radius of the circle with the equation: x^2-2x+y^2+4y+1=0?

Question 3 (essay worth 10 points) (03.06 mc) part a: max rented a motorbike at $465 for 5 days. if he rents the same motorbike for a week, he has to pay a total rent of $625. write an equation in the standard form to represent the total rent (y) that max has to pay for renting the motorbike for x days. (4 points) part b: write the equation obtained in part a using function notation. (2 points) part c: describe the steps to graph the equation obtained above on the coordinate axes. mention the labels on the axes and the intervals. (4 points)

What does independent variable and dependent variable mean in math?