1. **State the problem:** Evaluate each expression given the values of $x$.
2. **Given values:**
- For expressions 5 to 10, $x=\frac{1}{3}$.
- For expressions 11 to 14, $x=-13$.
3. **Evaluate each expression step-by-step:**
**For $x=\frac{1}{3}$:**
5. $2x = 2 \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{2}{3}$
6. $-2x = -2 \times \frac{1}{3} = -\frac{2}{3}$
7. $(-2)(-x) = (-2) \times \left(-\frac{1}{3}\right) = \frac{2}{3}$
8. $2x = 2 \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{2}{3}$ (same as 5)
9. $-2x = -2 \times \frac{1}{3} = -\frac{2}{3}$ (same as 6)
10. $-2 - x = -2 - \frac{1}{3} = -\frac{6}{3} - \frac{1}{3} = -\frac{7}{3}$
**For $x=-13$:**
11. $(x)(x) = (-13)(-13) = 169$
12. $(-x)(x) = (-(-13))(-13) = 13 \times (-13) = -169$
13. $(-x)(-x) = (-(-13))(-(-13)) = 13 \times 13 = 169$
14. $x x = (-13)(-13) = 169$ (same as 11)
4. **Final answers:**
- 5: $\frac{2}{3}$
- 6: $-\frac{2}{3}$
- 7: $\frac{2}{3}$
- 8: $\frac{2}{3}$
- 9: $-\frac{2}{3}$
- 10: $-\frac{7}{3}$
- 11: $169$
- 12: $-169$
- 13: $169$
- 14: $169$
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