Question 1:
We have the following equation

We are asked what is the solution to this equation.
Let us solve this equation for a
Subtract $5.92 to both sides of the equation and simplify

As you can see, the solution to this equation is $6.37
The goal in such kind of questions is to separate the variable
Question 2:
We have the following equation

We need to solve the equation for variable j
In the first step, the variable j in the division gets multiplied to the other side of the equation

In the second step, the 6 gets divided to the other side of the equation

Therefore, the solution to the equation is 7