MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Determine which of the following four functions might be used as a model for the data: linear: f(x) = mx + b; quadratic:
f(x) = ax2+bx+c, a > 0; quadratic: f(x) = ax2+bx+c, a < 0; polynomial, not quadratic or linear.
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A) f(x) = ax2 + bx + C, a > 0
C) Polynomial, not quadratic or linear
B) f(x) = mx + b
D) f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, a < 0