Find the value of x;

Compare the subtraction problems 6/8 - 5/8 = 1/8 and 6/9 - 7/9 = 1/9 why is the answer to the first problem positive and the answer to the second problem negative

An automated water dispenser fills packets with one liter of water on average, with a standard deviation of 5 milliliter. the manual says that after a year of operation the dispenser should be tested to see if it needs recalibration. a year later a number of filled packets are set aside and measured separately. it is found that the average packet now contains about 0.995 liters. does the dispenser need calibration? explain your answer.

Parks is wearing several rubber bracelets one third of the bracelets are tie dye 1/6 are blue and 1/3 of the remainder are camouflage if park swears to camouflage bracelets how many bracelets does he have on