How to write algebraic equations from word problems?

You are a clerk at convenience store. a customer owes 11.69 for a bag of potatoes chips. she gives you a five dollar bill. how much change should the customer receive?

Last year, a state university received 3,560 applications from boys. of those applications, 35 percent were from boys who lived in other states. part a)how many applications did the university receive from boys who lived in other states? part b)applications to the university from boys represented 40percent of all applications. how many applications did the university receive in all? i don't how to do part b so me and plz tell how you got your answer

Angle xyz is formed by segments xy and yz on the coordinate grid below: a coordinate plane is shown. angle xyz has endpoints at 3 comma negative 1 and 6 negative 2 and 3 comma negative 3 and measures 36.87 degrees. angle xyz is rotated 270 degrees counterclockwise about the origin to form angle x′y′z′. which statement shows the measure of angle x′y′z′?