Math question please help

Jabari is power washing houses for a summer job. for every job, he charges an initial fee plus $30 for each hour of work. his total fee for a 4 -hour job, for instance, is $170 . jabari's total fee,f, for a single job is a function of the number,t, of hours it takes him to complete the job. write the function's formula.

It took alice 5 5/6 hours to drive to her grandparents' house for . on the way home, she ran into traffic and it took her 7 3/8 hours. how much longer did the return trip take? write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number in simplest form. the trip home took __hours longer. ?

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?