Idon't know why i can't think (maybe because its late) but can someone answer this along with a clear explanation?

This is so harddd! solve. 1 + 1 = solve 4 + 4 = solve 3 x 3

He ! a group of farmers planned to clean 80 acres of wheat per day to finish the work on schedule. right before the work started, they received a new piece of machinery that them clean 10 more acres per day than originally planned. as a result of increased productivity in the last day before the deadline they only had to clean 30 acres. how many acres of wheat did the group of farmers have to clean?

Erik buys 2.5 pounds of cashews. if each pound of cashews costs $7.70, how much will he pay for the cashews?