How do you do these 3 questions?

Bryce drove 200 miles to his grandparents house this is 50 miles more than three times the distance to aunt lance a house what is the distance to hisaunt lance house?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?

Which of the following is the best first step in solving the equation below? 4+2㏒³x=17