Consider the quadratic function:
f(x) = x2 – 8x – 9

vertex:
what is the vertex of the function?

An astronaut drops a rock into a crater on the moon. the distance, d(t), in meters, the rock travels after t seconds can be modeled by the function d(t)0.82. what is the average speed, in meters per second, of the rock between 5 and 10 seconds after it was dropped?

6. sarah saved $12.75 every week for a number of weeks, w. she received an additional $25 during the last week in which she saved money. write and solve an equation to find the number of weeks, w, for which sarah had saved money if she has $114.25 now.

Arepresentative from plan 1 wants to use the graph below to sell health plans for his company how might the graph be redrawn to emphasize the difference between the cost per doctor visit for each of the three plans?