Can someone please explain i am having a hard time with the math homework​

Write the sentence as an equation. b increased by 281 is d

Kapil needed to buy a long wooden beam. he went to two sawmills that each charge an initial fee plus an additional fee for each meter of wood. the following equation gives the price (in dollars) of a wooden beam from the first sawmill as a function of its length (in meters). p = 5+20xp=5+20x

Girardo is using the model below to solve the equation . girardo uses the following steps: step 1 add 4 negative x-tiles to both sides step 2 add 1 negative unit tile to both sides step 3 the solution is which step could be adjusted so that gerardo's final step results in a positive x-value? in step 1, he should have added 4 positive x-tiles to both sides. in step 1, he should have added 3 negative x-tiles to both sides. in step 2, he should have added 4 negative unit tiles to both sides. in step 2, he should have added 1 positive unit tile to both sides.