Using Only Five 5's and any mathematical operator make sum as 37

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

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Assume the given figure to be a delicious doughnut. Yes, now you can concentrate more on the puzzle. So you have this delicious doughnut in your refrigerator when your friends come knocking at the door. There are eight of them. Now you have to make three cuts in this doughnut so that each one of you nine people can enjoy a piece of it. Neither you nor your friends would mind the size of their piece as long as they are getting it. How will you do it?

Imagine a box with two cogwheels, one big with 24 teeth and one small with 8 teeth. The big one is firmly attached to the center of the box which means it does not turn or move while the small one rotates around the big one.

How many times do you think that the smaller wheel will turn compared to the box when it turns once around the big one?

Which word is least like the others? Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth?

Can you place six X (crosses) in below board without making three in a row in any way ?

Can anyone tell me a word in the English dictionary which has a silent 'z'?

The first person saw the bridge step on it and crossed,
the second person saw the bridge did not step on it but crossed,
the third person did not see the bridge did not step on it but crossed.
Who are these people?

Can you count the number of triangles in the picture below?

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?