Sawyer picks a negative number. what is true about the opposite of his number?

What is the value of x in the equation 6(x + 1) – 5x = 8 + 2(x – 1)?

The owners of four companies competing for a contract are shown in the table below. if a report is released that advocates company b, which of the people having funded the report should result in the most skepticism? company owner of company company a jake adams company b company c company d debby smith henry rose rhonda baker o a. jake adams o b. rhonda baker o c. debby smith o d. henry rose

Two friends are reading books. jimmy reads a book with 21,356 words. his friend bob reads a book with one-and-a-half times as many words. which expression represents the number of words bob reads?