Provide an appropriate response.Explain in your own words how you can tell from the equation whether a parabola opens up or down or whether it opens left or right.

What will be an ideal response?


The parabola opens up or down if there is an x2-term (y is not squared). It opens left or right if there is a y2-term (x is not squared).

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Solve the problem.The chorus has six sopranos and eight baritones. In how many ways can the director choose a quartet that contains at least one soprano?

A. 1001 ways B. 931 ways C. 986 ways D. 1071 ways

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Find the amplitude.y = 4 sin

A. 12
B. 3
C.
D. 4

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Find the vertical asymptotes of the rational function.f(x) = 

A. x = -1 B. x = 1, x = -4 C. x = -1, x = 4 D. x = -1, x = -4

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