Answer:
The seagull's position halfway is 85.5 feet.
Step-by-step explanation:
The seagull is at 125 1/2 feet above the sea level.
The fish is at 45 1/2 feet below the sea level.
The distance between the seagull and fish = seagull's distance above the sea level + fish's distance below the sea level
= 125 1/2 + 45 1/2
=
+ 
= 
= 171
The distance between the seagull and fish is 171 feet.
Since the seagull stops halfway, then;
seagull's position = 
= 85.5
The seagull's position halfway is 85.5 feet.
I'm not sure what method you are supposed to use to graph this. I would do it the following way although you can also change it to vertex form of the equation and graph it using (h,k) and "a".
The way I'd do it..
vertex (-b/2a , y)
-b/2a = -2
plug in this value for x to find the y coordinate.
-4 +8 -3 = 1
vertex (-2, 1)
the negative in front of the x^2 flips the parabola upside down
So you graph an upside down parabola at (-2,1). It's symmetrical, input easy to do points if needed like x=0 , x=-4
Answer:
<u><em>x=11</em></u>
Step-by-step explanation:
-31+4x=-2x+35
+31
4x=-2x+66
+2x
6x=66
66/6