Question

Determine if the following table represents a quadratic function.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given

x:-  1   || 2   || 3   || 4   || 5

y:-  13 || 22 || 37 || 58 || 85

Required

Determine if the function is quadratic

Calculate the difference between the values of y

$Difference = 22 - 13 = 9$

$Difference = 37 - 22 = 15$

$Difference = 58 - 37 = 21$

$Difference = 85 - 58 = 27$

The resulting difference are: 9 || 15 || 21 ||  27

Next; Calculate the difference between the difference of values of y

$Difference = 15 - 9 = 6$

$Difference = 21 - 15 = 6$

$Difference = 27 - 21 = 6$

The resulting difference are: 6 || 6 || 6

For the function to be quadratic, the above difference must be the same and since they are the same (6), then the function represents a quadratic function.