The answer is D.
You cannot factorise it as there are two different terms being squared with the middle term containing both. Also, if you expand any of the brackets in the questions you will not get the original equation so non of them are right so it has to be D. :)
Either the 1st or the 4th one
knowing the answer is between 3 & 4 plug those as x and see what you get for answers than adjust the number accordingly
3^3+2(3) = 33 so its higher than 3
4^3 + 2(4) = 72 so it is lower than 4
try the middle so try 3.5
3.5^3 + 2(3.5) = 49.875
question states use 1 decimal place so now try 3.6
3.6^3+2(3.6) = 53.856
3.5 is closest
Solution: The test score that the teacher should expect from a student who did not attend her course is 37.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The teacher's equation for the line of best fit is 
We know the equation for the line of the best fit is:
Where:
is slope of the equation. It represents the rate of change in y as one unit change in x.
is the intercept. It represents the expected mean value of y when all x=0.
Therefore, in the given teacher's equation, the slope is 0.7 and intercept is 37.
Here the intercept means the average score of student who who did not attend her course.
Therefore, the test score that the teacher should expect from a student who did not attend her course is 37.
