ANSWER
Eva is correct because 13/2 + 3/2 = 8
There is no mistake. Dakota may have thought that there was a mistake because Eva simplified when she got the answer for 4x which is correct but Dakota may have thought that it was incorrect.
This question is not even trying to test your arithmetic. It's just testing
to see whether you know how to read numbers in words properly.
When you read numbers in words, the only time you ever say "and"
is for a decimal point. There are no decimals in this question, so the
"and" is not a part of any numbers.
The question gives you two numbers. The word "and" is the marker
that's
BETWEEN them. The two numbers are 1,300 and 950 .
The first thing the question wants you to do is write the numerical
expression for all the words. That's (1300 - 950) / 4 .
The next thing you're supposed to do is"evaluate the expression" ...
find out what number it all boils down to. I don't think you'll have
any trouble with that now.
For this case we have the following equation:
y = x2-4x + 3
Deriving we have the following equation:
y '= 2x-4
We equal zero and clear x:
2x-4 = 0
x = 4/2
x = 2
Substituting in the given equation we have:
y = (2) ^ 2-4 (2) +3
y = 4-8 + 3
y = -1
The vertex will be the ordered pair:
(x, y) = (2, -1)
Answer:
(x, y) = (2, -1)
option B
