The graph of a quadratic function
1 answer:
Answer:
A
The leading coefficient is negative.
Step-by-step explanation:
Quadratic equation:
A quadratic equation has the following format:
The leading coefficient is a.
a negative:
The graph of the function is concave down, that is, it displays values that approach negative infinity.
a positive:
The graph of the function is concave up, that is, it displays values that approach up infinity.
In this question:
Displays values that approach negative infinity, so the leading coefficient is negative, and the correct answer is given by option A.
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Answer:
B
Step-by-step explanation:
The equation represents the total number of kittens, where
represents <u>the number of weeks that have passed since Samantha started counting.</u>
This means options C and D are false, because they say <u>the total number of kittens that have come into the shelter</u>.
represents the number of weeks, weeks can be counted 0 weeks, first week, second week and so on, so option B is true (the domain is all whole numbers) because 0, 1, 2, 3, ... are whole numbers.
Number of weeks can't be a negative number. Since "real numbers" include negatives, therefore, we exclude option A.