PLEASE HELP ) Write a function, (), which has a maximum and a y-intercept of −3

2) Use characteristics of quadratic functions to graph = −1/2x^2 - 2x+1

a) Identify the axis of symmetry.
b) Find the coordinates of the vertex. _
c) Graph the function using the table below. Plot at least five points.
d) Identify the domain of the function.
e) Identify the range of the function.

4) Find the value of that makes the trinomial,
2 − 23 + , a perfect square.

Express in the simplest form: (x^2+9x+14/x^2-49) / (3x+6/x^2+x-56)

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.

Max recorded the heights of 500 male humans. he found that the heights were normally distributed around a mean of 177 centimeters. which statements about max’s data must be true? a) the median of max’s data is 250 b) more than half of the data points max recorded were 177 centimeters. c) a data point chosen at random is as likely to be above the mean as it is to be below the mean. d) every height within three standard deviations of the mean is equally likely to be chosen if a data point is selected at random.