If i have something like -x^2 when i plug the number in, will it be positive or negative and why

Jordan rides his bike 6 7/15 miles every day to deliver newspapers and to go to and from school. if his ride to and from school is 4 3/10 miles, how many miles is the trip to deliver newspapers? 1 1/3 1 1/6 2 1/6 2 4/5

Apositive number a or the same number a increased by 50% and then decreased by 50% of the result?

which of the following sets of data would produce the largest value for an independent-measures t statistic? the two sample means are 10 and 20 with variances of 20 and 25 the two sample means are 10 and 20 with variances of 120 and 125 the two sample means are 10 and 12 with sample variances of 20 and 25 the two sample means are 10 and 12 with variances of 120 and 125