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y = -1/25x + 30
The +30 represents the 30 gallons of gasoline at the beginning of Samantha's road trip.
As each mile, x, does by, 1/25 of a gallon is lost (because the van gets 25 miles per gallon). so you put a negative 1/25 in front of the x. Therefore, when Samantha has driven x miles, she will have y gallons of gas left.
A ) This is a quadratic function:
y = a x² + b x + c
If the starting point is ( 0, 0 ) then c = 0
b ) The function is:
y = - 0.2 x² + 3.6 x
( with coefficients to the nearest tenth )
The graph is in the attachment.
c ) The roots:
x 1 = 0,
0.2 x = 3.6
x = 3.6 : 0.2
x 2 = 18d ) This is near the target ( 17 m ) . So the pumpkin
will hit near the target.
