The answer would be A. He should use the mean because it is in the center of the data. I hope this helped ^^
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
If you plot the directrix and the focus, you can see that the focus is to the left of the directrix. Since a parabola ALWAYS wraps itself around the focus, our parabola opens sideways, to the left to be specific. The formula for the parabola that opens to the left is

We will solve this for x at the end. The negative is out front because it opens to the left. If it opened to the right, it would be positive.
The vertex of a parabola is exactly halfway between the focus and the directrix, so our vertex coordinates h and k are (3, 6). P is defined as the distance between the vertex and the directrix, or the vertex and the focus. Since the vertex is directly between both the directrix and the focus, each distance is the same. P = 1. Filling in what we have now:
which simplifies to

Now we will solve it for x.
and
so

Complete Question
The complete question is shown on the first uploaded image
Answer:
a
Yes the researcher can conclude that the supplement has a significant effect on cognitive skill
b

c
The result of this hypothesis test shows that there is sufficient evidence to that the supplement had significant effect.The measure of effect size is large due to the large value of Cohen's d (0.5778 > 0.30 )
Step-by-step explanation:
From the question we are told that
The sample size is n=16
The sample mean is 
The standard deviation is 
The population mean is 
The level of significance is 
The null hypothesis is 
The alternative hypothesis is
Generally the test statistics is mathematically represented as

=> 
=> 
Generally the p-value is mathematically represented as


From the z-table

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From the obtained values we see that 
Decision Rule
Reject the null hypothesis
Conclusion
There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the supplement has a significant effect on the cognitive skill of elderly adults
Generally the Cohen's d for this study is mathematically represented as

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=> 