Answer:
Sam
Step-by-step explanation:
Sam: Longest ski trail >3x x = shortest ski trail
Eli: Longest ski train< 3x
Sam is correct because the longest ski trail has to be greater than the shortest and it can't be less than.
Answer:
Therefore,

Step-by-step explanation:
Simplify
-2^3

It is read as negative 2 raised to the power three,
also it is the cube of negative 2
we know that
given as

so for negative a i.e -a

substituting a = 2 we get

negative sign multiplied by odd number of times then the sign remains negative.
Therefore,

The value of x is 2 because we can compare like terms