I’m pretty sure the answer is D
this is the quadratic formula
For this case, we have the following equation (according to the comments):

First, we factor the quadratic expression in the denominator:

Then, we multiply both sides of the equation by (a-2) (a + 2):

Later, canceling similar terms we have:

We do distributive property on the left side of the equation:

By grouping variables and constant terms we have:

Rewriting we have:

Finally, by clearing "a" we have:

Note: the value of a is a extraneous solution because it makes the denominator of the original equation equal to zero.
Answer:
the student correct, but the value of a= -2 is an extraneous solution
Answer:
A correlation coefficient of +1 or -1 will indicate a direct linear model is the most appropriate but 0.94 shows that a very good direct correlation exists between the length of an aspen leaf and its surface area.
Step-by-step explanation:
this is because a values of r lying between +1 and −1, where +1 indicates perfect direct correlation,−1 indicates perfect inverse correlation and 0 indicates that no correlation exists.
Between these values, the smaller the value of r, the less is the amount of correlation which exists. Generally, values of r in the ranges 0.7 to 1 and −0.7 to −1 show that a fair amount of correlation exists.
A correlation coefficient of 0.94 shows that a very good direct correlation exists between the length of an aspen leaf and its surface area but not necessarily indicate a linear model is the appropriate .