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How do you do this geometry problem

Adaylily farm sells a portion of their daylilies and allows a portion to grow and divide. the recursive formula an=1.5(an-1)-100 represents the number of daylilies, a, after n years. after the fifth year, the farmers estimate they have 2225 daylilies. how many daylilies were on the farm after the first year?

The local farm is advertising a special on fresh picked peaches. the farm charges $4.25 to pick your own peck of peaches and $3.50 for each additional peck you pick. write an equation for the total cost of peaches in terms of the number of pecks. deine your variables. how much does it cost to pick 3 pecks of peaches?