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What signals you that factoring by grouping is the best method to use when factoring a problem?

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.

Which of the following functions corresponds to the above sinusoid? a. 10 cos πx - 5 b. -5 sin x - 5 c. -10 cos πx/2 - 0.5 d. 10 sin πx - 5