The graph shows the relationship between the total amount of money that Carly will have left, y, if she buys x packs of baseball cards.

A graph titled Money Left after Purchase. The x-axis shows packs of cards bought, numbered 1 to 9, and the y-axis shows the money left (in dollars), numbered 2 to 18. Blue diamonds appear at points (1, 16), (2, 12), (3, 8), (4, 4), (5, 0).
How much money will she have if she doesn't buy any packs of baseball cards?

Answer choices

First locate the turning point (vertex) of the graph. which is at the coordinates x=5 and y=9 or (5; 9).to determine whether it's a maximum or mininum value, you have to discern whether the vertex's y-value is the highest value or lowest value the graph can reach. since the vertex's y-value, 9 is the highest value the graph can reach, it will be a maximum.another basic way to determine whether the vertex's value is max or min is to see if the graph is smiling or sad. if it's smiling, the turning point/vertex would be a minimum, while a sad parabola would have a maximum y-value at the vertex.