Pick a number between 1 and 45

Fanny mendelssohn manages all the magazines and paperback books at a local grocery store. she prices many paperbacks to sell at $7.99. the cost to the store is $5.29. what is the markup rate on a paperback book, based on its cost?

Raymond just got done jumping at super bounce trampoline center. the total cost of his session was $43.25 . he had to pay a $7 entrance fee and $1.25 for every minute he was on the trampoline. write an equation to determine the number of minutes (t) that raymond was on the trampoline.

Can anyone explain to me how to do this? anything will .