What's the property that justifies my 1st step?

Nell has a sales clerk job that pays $12 per hour for regular gas work hours. she gets double time for any hours over 40 that she works in a week. how many hours did nell work if her weekly pay was $744

5,600 x 10^3 = a) 560 b) 5,000,600 c) 5,600,000 d) 56,000

Graph red beads cost $1 an ounce and gold beads cost $3 an ounce. juanita wants to purchase a 12-ounce mixture of red and gold beads that she can sell for $2 an ounce. the solution of the system shows the number of beads needed for juanita to break even. x + y = 12, x + 3y = 24 how many ounces of red beads will juanita buy to break even? how many ounces of gold beads will she buy?