This problem is incomplete, but I think I know the probable question. Normally, you should have been given the target number of the company's video stores, so that you can replace the value of y and solve for x. Once you solve for x, you add this to year 1990 then you can solve for the year at which you can reach your target value. Suppose y = 3500 stores.
3500 = -264x + 4682
3500 - 4682 = -264x
-1182 = -264x
x = 4.48 years
Technically, that is equal to 4 years. Hence, the year would be 1990+4 = 1994.
Area of a rectangle=length×width. If the area is 161 and the length is 14 then that means: 161=14×width. You would then divide 161÷14 and you will find that the width is 11.5.
To solve any algebraic equation, we want to get x by itself. Here, x is accompanied by 3.6. So that means we have to get rid of 3.6. To get rid of 3.6, one can either subtract 3.6 from both sides or add -3.6 to each side.
