0.1,0.9,8.1,72.9, find the next terms

Arecipe uses 2 cups of sugar to make 32 brownies. how many cups of sugar are needed to make 72 brownies?

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?

Avery’s piggy bank has 300 nickels, 450 pennies, and 150 dimes. she randomly picks three coins. each time she picks a coin, she makes a note of it and puts it back into the piggy bank before picking the next coin.