SOLUTION: The number of guests per month at a large resort is given in the table below, where f(x) is the number of guests, in hundreds, x months since the beginning of the year.
x 0 2 4
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Question 1139329: The number of guests per month at a large resort is given in the table below, where f(x) is the number of guests, in hundreds, x months since the beginning of the year.
x 0 2 4 6 8 10
f(x) 10 15 18 19 18 15
Use the data in the table to create the standard form of the function that models this situation, where a, b, and c are constants.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think about the data given. Quadratic model with vertex (6, 19) and two points being (0, 10) and (12, 10).
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from here, any non-vertex point can be used for evaluating "a".
Trying (0,10):
Do the necessary multiplication in order to find b.
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