How do we know whether we add or subtract the final answer when finding the area of compound shapes?

7. if the value of x varies directly with the value of y, and x = 3 when y = 21. what is the valu y, and x = 3 when y = 21. what is the value of x when y = 105?

Lems1. the following data set represents the scores on intelligence quotient(iq) examinations of 40 sixth-grade students at a particular school: 114, 122, 103, 118, 99, 105, 134, 125, 117, 106, 109, 104, 111, 127,133, 111, 117, 103, 120, 98, 100, 130, 141, 119, 128, 106, 109, 115,113, 121, 100, 130, 125, 117, 119, 113, 104, 108, 110, 102(a) present this data set in a frequency histogram.(b) which class interval contains the greatest number of data values? (c) is there a roughly equal number of data in each class interval? (d) does the histogram appear to be approximately symmetric? if so,about which interval is it approximately symmetric?

Lola says these two expressions have the same value. expression a expression b which explains whether lola is correct?