What is the algebraic expression to 6 less than twice a number

Determine the mean and variance of the random variable with the following probability mass function. f(x)=( 729divided by 91) (1 divided by 9) superscript x baseline comma x equals 1,2,3 round your answers to three decimal places (e.g. 98.765).

Asailor is looking at a kite. if he is looking at the kite at an angle of elevation of 36and the distance from the boat to the point where the kite is directly overhead is 40 feet, how high is the kite?

Aplane is taking off from bangladesh headed to new york city. at the same time, a plane from new york city is headed to bangladesh is also taking off. the plane bound to new york city is traveling at 600 mph, while the plane traveling to bangladesh is traveling at 400 mph. how far from new york city will the two planes meet if the distance between new york city and bangladesh is 8,000 miles?