Abike rental company rented out 6 bikes in its first month. the number of bikes it rented tripled each month. what was the total number of bikes the company rented out for the first 6 months?

Hi there! 

The total number of bikes rented is 2,184

If you plug in the correct numbers into the formula 



Then you get



And when the fraction is simplified it looks like this



Once this is in simplified form you take the 6 and put it over 1 like so



Then you find the prime factors of 6 and factor the -2 like so



Once this is done cancel out the 2



Then multiply -728 by 3



Then divide to get 2184

Your friend, ASIAX