Ms. Okeke’s students plant flowers in the beds around the school as a service project. There are two round beds, one with an area of 128 square feet and the other with an area of 396 square feet. They also plant the bed that runs in front of the building. This bed is rectangular and is 268 feet long by 4 feet wide. What is the total area of the flower beds they plant?

Can someone explain the elimination method to me for this problem?

What is the equation of the following graph in vertex form? parabolic function going down from the left through the point zero comma twelve and through the point two comma zero and turning at the point four comma negative four and going up through the point six comma zero and continuing towards infinity courtesy of texas instruments a: y = (x − 4)2 − 4 b: y = (x + 4)2 − 4 c: y = (x + 2)2 + 6 d: y = (x + 2)2 + 12

The function ƒ is defined by ƒ(x) = (x + 3)(x + 1). the graph of ƒ in the xy-plane is a parabola. which interval contains the x-coordinate of the vertex of the graph of ƒ?