If its 2 dollar per book and they need 300 dollar, you need to divide 300 by 2 which is 150 students. you will need 150 students for each to pay 2 dollars. just to be sure, 150 students times 2 dollar is 300 dollars
thank me later do your work first

Plug in -1 for x
and you'll get this:

Solve it further and you'll get:

Therefore,

where x = -1
Semi-monthly means twice every month, typically either on the 1st and 15th,
or on the 15th and last.
Months don't line up with weeks in any regular way. Depending on the
company, if they say "bi-monthly", they may pay 24 times a year, or else
26 times a year.
If they pay every 2 weeks, the semi-monthly is $2400.
S=((u+v)/2)t
S=displacement (distance)
U=initial velocity
V=final velocity
T=time