How to formulate 2 linear equations from word problems?

Each morning papa notes the birds feeding on his bird feeder. so far this month he has see. 59 blue jays, 68 black crows, 12 red robin's and 1 cardinal. what is the probability of a blue jay being the next bird papa sees

Nine more than four times a number is the same as one less than twice the number. find the number?

Elena is paid a constant rate for each hour she works. the table shows the amounts of money that elena earned for various amounts of time that she worked.