Does anyone know how to do these questions?

Answer soon(fast) 15 pts-brainliest? for right answer with small explination a restaurant catered a party for 40 people. a child’s dinner (c) cost $11 and an adult’s dinner (a) cost $20. the total cost of the dinner was $728. how many children and adults were at the party? use the table to guess and check.(i couldn't get the graph onto the question)                                8 children and 32 adults9 children and 31 adults10 children and 30 adults12 children and 28 adults

How can you decide witch operations to use to slice a two step equation

Solve the equation -9p - 17 =10 a -3 b. 16 c. 18 d -16