Can someone help me with this..?? look at picture

Whats the name of the vertical axis

If 30 lb of rice and 30 lb of potatoes cost ? $27.60? , and 20 lb of rice and 12 lb of potatoes cost ? $15.04? , how much will 10 lb of rice and 50 lb of potatoes? cost?

Suppose that sahil knows that 45 people with ages of 18 to 29 voted. without using a calculator, he quickly says then 135 people with ages of 30to 49 voted. is he correct? how might sohil have come up with his answer so quickly?