True if u have high or very low outlier in your data set it is generally preferred to use the median
The sketch of the parabola is attached below
We have the focus

The point

The directrix, c at

The steps to find the equation of the parabola are as follows
Step 1
Find the distance between the focus and the point P using Pythagoras. We have two coordinates;

and

.
We need the vertical and horizontal distances to find the hypotenuse (the diagram is shown in the second diagram).
The distance between the focus and point P is given by

Step 2
Find the distance between the point P to the directrix

. It is a vertical distance between y and c, expressed as

Step 3
The equation of parabola is then given as

=


⇒ substituting a, b and c


⇒Rearranging and making

the subject gives
Answer:
c) 62.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent number of customers came in on the fifth day.
We have been given that the mean number of customers for those four days is 52. So total number of customers on 4 days would be 4 times 52 that is 208 customers.
We know that mean of a data set is equal to sum of all data points divided by number of data points.
Total number of customers on 5 days would be
and total number of days is 5.
Since we need a mean of 54, so we can set mean of 5 days equal to 54 as:

Multiply both sides by 5:




Therefore, 62 customers must come in on the fifth day to make the five-day mean 54 and option 'c' is the correct choice.