Three more than six times a number equals -5. what is the number?

Ben is three times as old as samantha, who is two years older than half of michel's age. if michel is 12. how old is ben?

Jabari is power washing houses for a summer job. for every job, he charges an initial fee plus $30 for each hour of work. his total fee for a 4 -hour job, for instance, is $170 . jabari's total fee, f, for a single job is a function of the number, t, of hours it takes him to complete the job. write the function's formula.

Thales was an ancient philosopher familiar with similar triangles. one story about him says that he found the height of a pyramid by measuring its shadow and his own shadow at the same time. if the person is 5-ft tall, what is the height of the pyramid in the drawing?