I need help with this question: martha?

In a young single person's monthly budget, $150 is spent on food, $175 is spent on housing, and $175 is spend on other items. suppose you drew a circle graph to represent this information, what percent of the graph represents housing?

I'm at a bookstore with $\$35$ in my pocket and a $20\%$-off coupon. what is the cost of the most expensive book i can buy with my money and the coupon? (assume that there are books of every possible price in the bookstore. it's a large bookstore! )

How can writing phrases as algebraic expressions you solve problems?