What are the blanks for the boxes

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

Fanny mendelssohn manages all the magazines and paperback books at a local grocery store. she prices many paperbacks to sell at $7.99. the cost to the store is $5.29. what is the markup rate on a paperback book, based on its cost?

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?