Help me out don’t really get this stuff that much

What is the value of x in the equation 6(x + 1) – 5x = 8 + 2(x – 1)?

We just started the introduction into circles and i have no idea how to do this.

Consider an example of a deck of 52 cards: example set of 52 playing cards: 13 of each suit clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades ace 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 jack queen king clubs diamonds hearts spades what is the probability of drawing three queens from a standard deck of cards, given that the first card drawn was a queen? assume that the cards are not replaced.