The best answer to go with is b
It can help because 9×4 =36, and 9×8=72. if you divide 72 by 2 you get 36 which is the answer to 9 ×4. basically because nine is the same in both problems you are multiplying by 4 (and you know 4 is half of 8) you can assume that multiplying the sum of 4 and 9 that you will get the sum of 8 and 9.
Step-by-step explanation:
y = ax^n + bx^(n-1) ... + z
(0, 1) tells us that the constant term z = 1.
because x = 0 eliminates all other terms. and as the sum is 1, that means z = 1.
for the other pairs I strongly suspect
(-1, 3) : 2×(-1)² + 1 = 2×1 + 1 = 3
(-2, 9) : 2×(-2)² + 1 = 2×4 + 1 = 9
so, the fitting equation is
y = 2x² + 1
