What can the value be of the letter m

Pls! does anybody know a shortcut for answering these types of questions in the future?

Awater truck is filling a swimming pool. the equation that represents this relationship is y=19.75x where y is the number of gallons of water in the pool and x is the number of minutes the truck has been filling the pool.

In 2000 there were 100 rabbits in central park the population increased by 16% each year ? write a function to illustrate the situation. how many rabbits were in central park in 2005 . predict how many rabbits there will be at the end of this year we are in 2018?