You can determine the shape if it is a triangle, square, rectangle, or hexagon (or other) by seeing how many sides it has.
a triangle has 3 sides.
a square has 4 sides.
a rectangle also has 4 sides.
a pentagon has 5 sides.
a hexagon has 6 sides.
The answer for -2.5x-10=40 would be:
x = - 20.
im pretty sure the answer is 0.7