On a graph, when a line is going up or down, that is y. When it is going horizontally, that is x. So they can be used as points. For example, if the coordinates were 3, 4, (x, y), then you would first go across 3 on the graph and then go up 4. There you would plot your point. It can also be used in equations. For example, if the equation was..
2x + 3y, and the coordinates were 1, 2, (x, y), then x would be 1 and y would be 2. In order to solve, you would plug in x and y. Hope this helps. If you could give me the brainiest answer that would be greatly appreciated.
The Value of X should be 50 because, 12x = 12 so then you add (14+24)= 38 and 12 + 38 =50
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The vertex form of a parabola has equation:

where V(h,k) is the vertex of the parabola and 'a' is the leading coefficient.
From the question, we have that, the vertex is

and the leading coefficient is

We substitute the vertex and the leading coefficient into the vertex form to get:

We simplify to get:

The graph of this function is shown in the attachment.
We have the equations of 3 functions and we want to find which one of them will decay the fastest to 4 grams.
This can be done by setting each expression equal to 4 and find which of them gives the smallest value of t.
For Amount A:
Likewise for Amount B:
Similarly for Amount C:
Thus Amount C will take the minimum time to decay to 4 grams.