6 goodie bags. 6 is the greatest common factor of 54 and 36.
<span>9 tickets and 6 posters in each bag.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
Please:  Use "^" to denote exponentiation:  <span>2x^2 + 8x - 12 = 0
Reduce this by div. every term by 2:             </span><span>x^2 + 4x - 6 = 0
Here a=1, b=4 and c = -6.  Square half of b, obtaining (4/2)^2 = 4, and add, and then subtract, this 4 to x^2 + 4x - 6:
</span> x^2 + 4x +4  - 4 - 6 = 0.  Rewrite the square as (x+2)^2, obtaining new equation
(x+2)^2 = 10.  Take the sqrt of both sides:   x+2 = plus or minus sqrt(10).
Finally, solve for x:  x = -2 plus or minus sqrt(10).
        
             
        
        
        
76.15 - 43.49 = 32.66
It costed him $32.66 to make the homemade jewelry.
        
             
        
        
        
25 times :) hope this helped!