Find an expression which represents the difference when (-9x +9) is subtracted from (x + 8) in simplest terms.

The capulet and montague families love writing. last year, each capulet wrote 444 essays, each montague wrote 666 essays, and both families wrote 100100100 essays in total. this year, each capulet wrote 888 essays, each montague wrote 121212 essays, and both families wrote 200200200 essays in total. how many capulets and montagues are there? choose 1

Pam buys a sleeve of ball bearings for her skateboard. each of the bearings is 1 1/5 inches wide. the sleeve is 9 3/5 inches long. how many ball bearings are in the sleeve? show your work.

The volume of gas a balloon can hold varies directly as the cube of its radius. imagine a balloon with a radius of 3 inches can hold 81 cubic inches of gas. how many cubic inches of gas must be released to reduce the radius down to 2 inches?