Is –9 + –97 positive or negative?

A) Positive
B) Negative

Ineeeeed this is due tomorrow and i dont know the answer can you find all the exponents

Four individuals pool money together to start a new business and agree to split the profits equally. n invests $6,000, x invests $2,000, y invests $8,000 and z invests $4,000. if the profits for the first month were $100,000, y receives than if the profits were divided in proportion to how much they invested.

Find the root(s) of f (x) = (x- 6)2(x + 2)2.