For me personally, the easiest way to do this is by isolating the x² term, and finding the square root of both sides. The hardest way (well actually, the longest way) would be to use the quadratic formula. It just complicates things unnecessarily.
Answer : Hershel buys 2 bags of fruit snacks.
Explanation :
Since we have given that
Number of bags of granola =3
Number of bags of cookies = 5
Total number of bags he buys from the bake sale =10

So, number of bags of fruit snacks = 2
Hence, Hershel buys 2 bags of fruit snacks .
It is a comparison type of word problem.
As we just compare the items with the total items to get the remaining items.
You cant solve this because there is no matching variables like for example:
x^2-3xy+2x-2y-4+xy-5x+6y+8 and i solved this which the answer is x^2-3x+4y-2xy+2 because there are matching variables.
21.5 means 21 and 5 tenths and is read that way.
21.5 = 21 5/10 =(21*10 + 5) /10 = 215/10 = 43/2 in simplest terms