Which basic calculation or process in mathematics relates to factors?

Big boi and travis scott are performing at the super bowl. travis scott is 62 years younger than twice big boi’s age. the sum of their ages is 70 years old. use b to represent big boi’s age. write and solve an equation.

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?

Many newspapers carry a certain puzzle in which the reader must unscramble letters to form words. how many ways can the letters of emdangl be arranged? identify the correct unscrambling, then determine the probability of getting that result by randomly selecting one arrangement of the given letters.