The answer is -6. Thought there is a chance I am wrong. Need an explanation?
The Z-score is calculated by the formula below

Step 2: Substitute the given parameters in the formula

Hence, the z-score of a person who scored 145 on the exam is -0.5
I know of two ways to solve quadratic equations. The first is through factoring. Let us take the example (x^2)+2x+1=0. We can factor this equation out and the factors would be (x+1)(x+1)=0. To solve for the roots, we equate each factor to 0, that is
x+1=0; x+1=0
In this case, the factors are the same so the root of the equation is
x=1.
The other way is to use the quadratic formula. The quadratic formula is given as [-b(+-)sqrt(b^2-4ac)]/2a where, using our sample equation above, a=1, b=2 and c=1. Substitute these to the formula, and you will get the same answer as the method above.
y = log5 ( x + 2 )
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Answer:
As x —> negative infinity, f(x) —> negative infinity
As x —> positive infinity, f(x) —> positive infinity.
Step-by-step explanation:

An odd-degree function, meaning that the graph starts from negative infinity at x —> negative infinity and positive infinity at x —> positive infinity.
As x —> negative infinity, f(x) —> negative infinity
As x —> positive infinity, f(x) —> positive infinity.
An odd-degree function is an one-to-one function so whenever x approaches positive, f(x) will also approach positive.