Hi! can you please help with this

Plzzz plzz maths ! quadratic sequences =an^2+bn 1) 1,6,15,28,45 2)5,18,39,68,105 3) 1,8,21,40,65 4) 7,24,51,88,135 5) -1,2,9,20,35

2x - 20 = 32 20 - 3x = 8 6x - 8 = 16 -13 - 3x = -10

Subscriptions to a popular fashion magazine have gone down by a consistent percentage each year and can be modeled by the function y = 42,000(0.96)t. what does the value 42,000 represent in the function?