5. Andrea ate half as many crackers as Darnell. Darnell ate 3 more crackers than Ziyah. If Ziyah ate 21 crackers, how many did Andrea eat? A. 24 crackers
B. 18 crackers
C. 10 crackers
D. 63 crackers
E 7 crackers
F. 12 crackers

Using the completing-the-square method, find the vertex of the function f(x) = 2x2 − 8x + 6 and indicate whether it is a minimum or a maximum and at what point. maximum at (2, –2) minimum at (2, –2) maximum at (2, 6) minimum at (2, 6)

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.

How do you determine if an ordered pair is a solution to a given equation?