I really need some help, I would really appreciate if you answered quick. ty! Looking at the data plots, which test do you think the students scored better on? Do you think one of the tests has more variation than the other or is the variation about the same for both tests?

Here is the link for the data plots, copy and paste in a new tab to see the picture:
https://dw6y82u65ww8h. cloudfront. net/organisations/328/d9ac6572-31ad -4652-9852-655243e2be5d/img_dot_plo t_7.gif

it is 20 and i know that because 10x2 is 10

let's cover over the formula of the vertex:

y = a(x – h)^2 + k

in this formula, (h,k) are the vertex, always remember that the positive or negative value of the vertex is based on the sign it has.

for example, if the vertex is -3,-6 then both the x and y value would have the positive sign attached to it and if it were a positive x and y value, then a negative sign would be attached to it.

with that being said, for our problem the x value is a positive one so we are looking for a number with a negative sign next to it, in this case the first and second choice.

however, for the first answer choice it isn't quite part of the formula so we know that the answer choice correctly displays the x value.

to confirm, we can see if the -1 fits correctly with the second answer choice, and as mentioned above a negative number will have a positive sign attached to it. so, for our problem we can see that -1 has been changed to +1, so we can confirm that the second answer choice is correct.

hence, our final answer is y=(x - 1)^2 + 1