James works in a flower shop. He will put 60 tulips in vases for a wedding. He must use the same number of tulips in each vase. The number of tulips in each vase must be greater than 1 and less than 10.

a. 1, 3, 5, 15

Step-by-step explanation:

If he needs to put an equal number of tulips in each vase he uses, the number of vases will have to be multiples of 15.

The multiples of 15 are;

1, 3, 5, and 15.

James can therefore put;

a4 - 3a2 - 1

step-by-step explanation:

step   1   :

equation at the end of step   1   :

  ((a4) -   3a2) -   1

step   2   :

trying to factor by splitting the middle term

2.1     factoring   a4-3a2-1  

the first term is,   a4   its coefficient is   1 .

the middle term is,   -3a2   its coefficient is   -3 .

the last term, "the constant", is   -1  

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