Can anyone please help me I know it’s right I don’t know why it’s staying it’s wrong

Does the problem involve permutations or? combinations? do not solve. the matching section of an exam has 4 questions and 7 possible answers. in how many different ways can a student answer the 4 ? questions, if none of the answer choices can be? repeated?

Tomas is making trail mix using granola and walnuts. he can spend a total of $12 on the ingredients. he buys 3 pounds of granola that costs $2.00 per pound. the walnuts cost $6 per pound. he uses the equation to represent the total cost, where x represents the number of pounds of granola and y represents the number of pounds of walnuts. he solves the equation for y, the number of pounds of walnuts he can buy. answer- b tomas added 6 to both sides of the equation instead of subtracting 6. just took the test

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?