An expression has a division symbol and a subtraction symbol. Is there any situation in which you would perform the subtraction before the division

Iam trying to solve a linear equation for the shoe size of someone 84" tall taking into consideration example 1 is 69" tall with a shoe size of 9 and example 2 is 72 inches tall with a shoe size of 11. i understand that the equation should be y=mx+b and that on the graph the answer is (3,2) but i just don't understand how to create the equation to solve for 84-inches and 60-inches tall questions. after two days, i need .

If x + 10 = 70, what is x? a. 40 b. 50 c. 60 d. 70 e. 80

An object is translated by (x + 4, y - 2). if one point in the image has the coordinates (5, -3), what would be the coordinates of its pre-image? (9, -5) (1, -5) (9, -1) (1, -1)