The dilation is 4. Everything is getting 3 times bigger.
You haven’t provided any equations so it’s not possible to solve this question
To solve this, add 17 to both sides:
x = -25 + 17
x = -8
The value of x in f(x)=4 is 4 because the f in f(x) is just 'naming' the equation, saying that x=a number, in this case, 4.