How is working backward similar to solving an equation?

Student price tickets to a movie are $1 and non student tickets are $2. 350 tickets are sold and the total amount made is $450. how many non student tickets were sold ? a) 100 b) 150 c) 200 d)250

Jonathan can throw a baseball 10 1/3 yards. his brother joey can throw a baseball 13 1/2 yards. how much father can joey throw the ball?

Given right triangle a w/a hypotenuse length of x+4 and a leg of x, and right triangle b, w/ a hypotense length of 3y and a leg length of y+4 for what values of x and y are the triangles congruent by hl?