Aregular octagonhas 8 sides that are 8 and 4/3long

The standard distance between studs in a house is 1.5 feet. if you have a set of blueprints for a house that mark every 1.5 feet with 2 in., by how many inches will a 13-foot wall be represented?

I’m on question 7 it says a covered water tank is in the shape of a cylinder the tank has a 28 inch diameter and a height of 66 inches to the nearest square inch what is the surface area of the water tank

(x-5)1/2+5=2 what is possible solution of this equation