Question

The table contains data on the number of people visiting a historical landmark over a period of one week.DayVisitors1345861244138567145158162Which type of function best models the relationship between the day and the number of visitors?

Answer 1

Step 1

Given; The table below

Required;

Step 2

A quadratic equation is an algebraic equation of the second degree in x. The quadratic equation in its standard form is ax² + bx + c = 0, where a and b are the coefficients, x is the variable, and c is the constant term.

If the graph has a negative value for a then it will look like that seen below;

This graph is from the table

The answer thus will be;