I really need some help it's hard to understand

When the solutions to each of the two equations below are graphed in the xy-coordinate plane, the graphs of the solutions intersect at two places. write the y-cordninates of the points of intersection in the boxes below in order from smallest to largest. y=2x y=x^2-3

Offering 30 if a plus b plus c equals 68 and ab plus bc plus ca equals 1121, where a, b, and c are all prime numbers, find the value of abc. the answer is 1978 but i need an explanation on how to get that.

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?