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Andre uses the expression (x - 5)2 + 7 to define f. Noah uses the expression (x + 5)² - 7 to define

f. Which of the students is correct?

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Andre uses the expression (x - 5)2 + 7 to define f. Noah uses the expression (x + 5)² - 7 to-example-1
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Answer:

It looks like (x - 5)^2 - 7 is correct.

Explanation:

The vertex form of this type of function is

a(x - b)^2 + c where a is some constant and (b, c) is the vertex.

In this case the vertex is at (5, -7) so we can write f as:

a(x - 5)^2 - 7.

From the diagram it looks like when x = 0 f lies between 16 and 20 so that makes a = 1

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