What is the taxidistance between (2, 11) and (17, 40)?

Ihave trouble finding the nth term of a linear sequence

The school that imani goes to is selling tickets to the annual dance competition. on the first day of the ticket sales the school sold 7 adult tickets and 5 child tickets for a total of $96. the school took in $40 on the second day by seling 3 adult tickets . find the price of an adult ticket and the price of a child ticket. solve by using substitution elimination college prep algebra math heres the 2 equations i came up with 7x+5y=96 and 3x+2y= -40 show all workiv be stuck on this.

Two airplanes start at the same place and travel in opposite directions,one at 395 miles per hour and the other at 422 miles per hour. how many hours will it take for the planes to be 2451 miles apart?