Anegative number raised to an odd power is negative

George has seven boxes of five pencils. giulio three boxes of eight pencils. one of the boys arranges all his pencils equally into two groups. was this george or giulio how many are in each group explain

What is the value of x in the this question ?

Clarence wants to buy a new car. he finds an ad for a car that costs 27,200 dollars. suppose his local sales tax is 7%. -how much would he have to pay? -what is the cost of the car including tax? -if clarence has 29,864 saved, can he pay cash to buy the car?