Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:

is a parabola (looks like the letter U).
The letter a represents the coefficient of

and it controls two things (1) how wide or narrow the parabola is and (2) whether it is concave up (like a U) or concave down (like an up-side-down).
The absolute value of a (the number without the sign) controls how wide or narrow it is. If the absolute value is a fraction less than 1 the graph gets wider. The smaller the absolute value of the fraction the wider the graph gets.
If the absolute value of a is greater than 1 the graph gets narrower (it gets skinnier). The bigger the absolute value the narrower the graph.
So, if all the graphs look like a U (concave up) then the one with the smallest a is the one that is the widest.
The a also controls whether the graph is concave up or concave down. If a is negative
If a is negative the graph is concave down so any graph that is concave down has a smaller value of a than any graph that is concave up. However, if the graph is concave down the one with the smallest a would be the most narrow one.
So to find the one with the smallest a...
If they are all concave up (like a U) pick the widest one
and
If they are not all concave up pick the narrowest one that is concave down (looks like an upside down U)
Depends on where the underline is
It takes 42 cherries to make a cherry pie.
If a chef bought 444 cherries and you would like to know how many more cherries would the last pie need, you can calculate this using the following steps:
444 / 42 = 74 / 7 = 10 4/7 pies
4/7 * 42 = 24 cherries
42 - 24 = 18 more cherries
Result: The last pie would need 18 more cherries.
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