Company X tried selling widgets at various prices to see how much profit they would make. The following table shows the widget selling price, x, and the total profit earned
at that price, y. Calculate the quadratic regression equation for this set of data. Using
this equation, find the profit, to the nearest dollar, for a selling price of 10.25 dollars.

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.