Why does 3 x -4= 12 and not -12

Tom is the deli manager at a grocery store. he needs to schedule employee to staff the deli department for no more that 260 person-hours per week. tom has one part-time employee who works 20 person-hours per week. each full-time employee works 40 person-hours per week. write and inequality to determine n, the number of full-time employees tom may schedule, so that his employees work on more than 260 person-hours per week. graph the solution set to this inequality.

Mario is constructing a frame for 10 in. by 8 in. photo. he wants the frame to be the same with all the way around in the same area of the frame and photo to be 120 square inches what is the dimension of the frame?

In the equation sqrt(n+5)-sqrt(11-10)=1. what is the value of n