the questions is on the file!

Pls! does anybody know a shortcut for answering these types of questions in the future?

James is playing his favorite game at the arcade. after playing the game 3 times, he has 8 tokens remaining. he initially had 20 tokens, and the game costs the same number of tokens each time. the number t of tokens james has is a function of g, the number of games he plays. write the function’s formula? t=

How many 3-digit numbers can you write using only digits 1 and 7? (of course, digits can repeat.) how many 3-digit numbers can you write using only digits 1 and 7? (of course, digits can repeat.)