A wise man once said "500 reduced by 4 times my age is 200." what is his age?

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 .

Consider the function y = f(x)=3^x the values of f(1/2) and f(1/4). rounded to the nearest hundredth, are__and__ respectively

Julius sold five times as many computers as sam sold last year. in total, they sold 78 computers. how many computers did julius sell?