RemarkIt's asking you to complete the square to find the vertex.
Solvey = -2x^2 + x + 3 Put brackets around the first 2 terms.
y = (-2x^2 + x) + 3 Pull out the 2.
y = -2(x^2 - 1/2 x) + 3 Be especially observant of the sign on 1/2x Divide the middle term's number by 2 and square it.
y = -2(x^2 - 1/2 x + [(1/2) / 2]^2 ) + 3 [1/2 divided by 2 is 1/4. (1/4)^2 = 1/16; 2*(1/16) = 1/8
y = - 2(x^2 - 1/2 x + (1/4)^2 ) + 3 + 1/8
y = -2(x - 1/4)^2 + 3 1/8
CommentAnswer to your question. The maximum value (3 1/8) is above the y axis. That means the graph of the equation crosses the x axis twice. I'm going to include the graph because in answering the question, there is no harm in seeing the graph.
Wait just a second, what's the radius of the circle anyway?
well, the radius is the segment going from the center of the circle to the circle itself, well, low and behold, if we just get the distance from those two points, that gives us the radius.
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Answer:
C) 2/9
Step-by-step explanation:
There are 9 total marbles in the bag and 2 are yellow.
Probability = (number of desired outcomes)/(number of total outcomes)
Here the desired outcome is pulling a yellow marble, there are 2 ways we can do that since there are 2 yellow marbles.
The total number of outcomes is 9 since there are 9 total marbles in the bag
Our fraction is 2/9
I used a calculator to try to get the answer and i got 40.5, so your answer is most likely C. 41