What is the value of x in the equation below

1/3 (12 x-24)=16

answers are

2, 6, 8, or 10

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

Ricardo ran the 400 meter race 3 times his fastest time was 54.3 seconds his slowest time was 56.1 seconds if his average time was 55.0 seconds what was his time for the third race

A. 127 cm^2 b. 144.5 cm^2 c. 172 cm^2 d. 50 cm^2