Yes because if you answer both you get the same answer
Let's take a look at the first few numbers in the sequence based on the given rule:

Inspecting this pattern it seems like the power

is being raised to is always one less than the number of the sequence, so if we were on the nth number in the sequence, that part of the expression would be

. We also know that we'll be multiplying whatever we get from that by 6, so we can write the full explicit rule for our sequence as

Where

is the nth number in our sequence.
Malik earned $243.
When he bought the tires, he spent $90 ($45x2), and he sold them for $130 ($65x2). So his profit was $40 ($130-$90).
He bought three rims for $225 ($85x3) and sold them all for $378 ($126x3). His profit was $153 ($378-$225).
The headlight covers cost him $25 in total ($5x5). He sold them all and got $75 ($15x5). The profit was $50 ($75-$25).
The total amount of money made was $243 ($40+$153+$50).
:)
Answer:
3^2, 9 students.
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm not 100 percent sure about this but I'm pretty sure that because there are 3 rows you can just do 3^2 which is 9.