Call the radius r and the height of the cone h. The formula for the volume of a cone is r^2*h*pi/3, and the formula for the volume of a sphere is 4r^3/3, so half of a sphere has volume 2r^3/3. Adding these, our answer is: ^^
a) True. Plug in x = 0 and it leads to y = c. Therefore, the point (0,c) is on the parabola.
b) False. Plug in y = 0 and apply the quadratic formula. One x intercept may sometimes be x = c, but it could easily be other values as well. Or perhaps you may not get any real number solutions at all. See part d) below.
c) True. If a < 0, then the leading coefficient is negative. Overall, both endpoints will tend toward negative infinity to produce a parabola that opens downward.
d) False. The quadratic may have one x intercept or it may not have any x intercepts at all. It depends on what the discriminant d = b^2 - 4ac is equal to. If d < 0, then we have no x intercepts. If d = 0, then we have exactly 1 x intercept. If d > 0, then we have two different x intercepts.
e) True. The vertex's x coordinate is -b/(2a). If b = 0, then the x coordinate of the vertex is 0. The vertical line x = 0 is directly on top of the y axis.
