What is 7 more than the product of 9 and 8?

Question: what is the value of x 4x-2= (-7) +5x. it would be greatly appreciated if someone could actually explain to me step by step

Expresa commuter train leaves downtown sation and travels at a average speed of 55 miles per hour towards the north side sation, which is 50miles away. thirty minutes later, express commuter train #7 leaves north side and travels at a average speed of 35miles per hour towards downtown sation. at the moment the two trains pass each other, how far(in miles) is train #12 from the downtown sation and how long(in minutes) has the #12 train been traveling

Find the roots of the polynomial function f(x) = x^3 + 2x^2 + x