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Answer:
The child needs a score of 37.2 to move up to the next level of the competition.
Step-by-step explanation:
The mean is the sum of all scores divided by the number of competions. So
In which S is the sum of all her scores and T is the number of competitions.
The child has five competions:
Which means that
She has to get a mean of at least 36.5, so
Her scores are: 35.5, 36.3. 36.6, and 36.9. Her last score, i am going to call x. So
The child needs a score of _____ to move up to the next level of the competition.
This score is x. So
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Answer: Vertex (5,7)
The negative <em>a</em> tells us this is a downward opening parabola (upside down from the usual . I remember CUP - Concave Up Positive; here <em>a </em>is negative so not a cup, instead concave <em>down.</em> The same rule applies to second derivatives in calculus so memorize it now and use it later.
Answer: downward