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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?

A) if $50000 is invested in a bank account that pays 9.3% of interest compounded on a six-monthly basis, how much money will be in the account after 3 and 12 years? b) if matusalen's father had put $2.0 in the bank when he was born and there, how long would matusalen have had to his death (969 years later) if the interest was 7% per year composed each month and weekly?

(least common multiples) the answer that i had in the 1st step was lcm of airline tickets sold=72. idk if that even matters but just in case. ! three co-workers are busy selling airline tickets over the phone. in an 8-hour day, charles can sell 8 airline tickets, ann can sell 9 airline tickets, and michelle can sell 6 airline tickets. step 2 of 2: what is the smallest number of 8-hour days needed for each of them to achieve the same number of sales? it takes charles . it takes . it takes .