Tyler's mom purchased a savings bond for Tyler. The value of the savings bond increases by 4% each year. One year after it was purchased, the value of the savings bond was $156. Find the value of the bond when Tyler's mom purchased it. Explain your reasoning

I think it is 6.24

Step-by-step explanation:

not really sure

3

step-by-step explanation:

because where the point where the 2 lines intersect is (3,-1) the x value is 3

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: