A local boys club sold 156 bags of mulch and made a total of $288. It sold two types of mulch: hardwood for $2.00 a bag and pine bark for $1.75 a bag. How many bags of each kind of mulch did it sell?
The boys club sold
bags of hardwood mulch and bags of pine bark mulch.

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  

answer: 1475

step-by-step explanation:

becuase you have to know what they are asking you

25/6

step-by-step explanation:

you multiply 4 by the denominator (4*6=24) and add it to the numerator which makes it 25/6.