Can somebody please explain how to answer question A? Thank you

Abike shop sells you a bicycle for $63 and a helmet for $21. the total cost is 150% of what the shop spent originally. how much did the shop spend originally? how much profit did the bike shop earn by selling the bicycle and helmet to you ?

How do you use the elimination method for this question? explain, because i really want to understand!

Janie has $3. she earns $1.20 for each chore she does and can do fractions of chores. she wants to earn enough money to buy a cd for $13.50. write an inequality to determine the number of chores, c, janie could do to have enough money to buy the cd.