Answers:
f(-3) = -1
f(-1) = 2
f(3) = 5
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Explanations:
Draw a vertical line through -3 on the x axis. Make sure this vertical line crosses the orange graph. Mark this point of intersection and then draw a horizontal line from this point to the y axis. You should find that it touches -1 on the y axis. Check out the attached image to see this process in action.
Those steps basically say that x = -3 leads to y = -1. Since y = f(x), this means f(-3) = -1
Through similar steps, you should find that f(-1) = 2 and f(3) = 5
Note that the open hole/circle does not count. So if you land on an open hole, just keep going until you hit a closed circle on the other piece of the graph.
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EXPLANATION
Since the directrix is

the axis of symmetry of the parabola is parallel to the y-axis.
Again, the focus being,

also means that the parabola will open upwards.
The equation of parabola with such properties is given by,

where

is the vertex of the parabola.
The directrix and the axis of symmetry of the parabola will intersect at

The vertex is the midpoint of the focus and the point of intersection of the axis of the parabola and the directrix.
This implies that,

and

The equation of the parabola now becomes,


Thus, the distance between the vertex and the directrix.
This means that,

Since the parabola opens up, we choose

Our equation now becomes,

This simplifies to

or

This is the same as,

The correct answer is D .
To find the least common denominator, or lcd, you have to find the least common multiple, or lcm. To do that you find the multiples of each number until they equal each other. I set up a chart like this,
6 -
8 -
and then I start listing multiples so,
6 - 6, 12, 18, 24,
8 - 8, 16, 24,
I stop after I find a number they are both equal to. So to get to that number I would multiply 8 by 3, and 6 by 4. This gives me 24 as the lcd. If you need the lcd to add the fractions together, then whatever you did to the bottom do to the top. So 5/6 would become 20/24 and 3/8 would become 9/24.
Answer: 24
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