Please help and explain
Which represents the value of x?​

Which simplifys to a+ b? a-(1-b)+1 -(1-a)-b+1 (a--1) -1)+1

Which of the following multiplication expressions can be modeled by the tiles shown? check all that apply. 8(3) = 24 6(4) = 24 (3)(12) = 36 24(3) = 72 3(8) = 24 2(12) = 24

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version. gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear. i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend, do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."