Question

A scientist is performing a study on mosquitoes. She collects water with mosquito larvae and places it in an enclosed container in her lab. The scientist uses data from the study to create the function, M(t)=-3t^2+57t-144, where t is the number of days in the study.

Part A: Which equivalent form of M(t) reveals when the mosquitoes first appeared in the container and when there were no more mosquitoes in the container?

Part B: How long were there mosquitoes in the container?
Please show the work love yaa.

Answer 1

M(t) = -3 (t - 16) (t - 3)

Step-by-step explanation: Assuming you are working on the practice book - section 5: quadratic equations and functions than this is the correct answer to your question. Although there is another question below the on you have asked on in the actual textbook so if you need help on that just ask me in the comments below.