Answer:
The system of the equations has no solution; the two lines are parallel.
Step-by-step explanation:
The equations have the same slope. In standard form, this can be seen as the same coefficients for x and y. We will multiply the second equation by -12 to reveal this.

This means the equations are parallel and will never cross. There is no solution.
So you basically add the amount it grew each week. So week one is 2 and 1/2, week two is 2 and 3/4 and week three is 3 and 1/4. to make things simpler, add week two and three which gets you 6inches, then add week one, to get 8 and a half inches.
40x5= 200
I'm not sure who created five times more projects than the other, but whoever did, created 200 projects.
Answer:
I believe the scale factor is 2.