In math what does it mean for something to be “squared”
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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?

If δmtv is reflected across the y-axis, what are the resulting coordinates of point m? a) (-2, 5) b) (-5, 2) c) (5, -2) d) (-2, -5)

Fabian harvests 10 pounds of tomatoes from his garden. he needs 225 pounds to make a batch of soup. if he sets aside 2.8 pounds of tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce, how many batches of soup can fabian make?