(6-x)=24
X=-18
If you subtract a negative number with a positive number it adds them together making it positive (6- -18)=24
9 - x < 8 => -x < 8 - 9 => -x < -1 => x > 1
9 - x > 3 => -x > 3 -9 => -x > -6 => x < 6
So the number is between 1 and 6, notation 1 < x < 6
This would be true because it shows that p equals either a or b and it also shows that p equals a which is true because it is one of the independent choices.