A biologist took a count of the number of migrating geese in a state park and recounted the park's population of geese for each of the next six weeks.
a. Find a quadratic function that models the data shown as a function of x, the number of weeks.
b. Use the model to estimate the number of geese at the lake on week 8.

Question

A biologist took a count of the number of migrating geese in a state park and recounted the park's population of geese for each of the next six weeks.
a. Find a quadratic function that models the data shown as a function of x, the number of weeks.
b. Use the model to estimate the number of geese at the lake on week 8.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

A.	
 
P(x)= 44x2 – 198x + 762;  1994 geese
 
 B.	
 
P(x)= 42x2 – 186x + 762;  1962 geese
 
 C.	
 
P(x)= 41x2 – 179x + 756;  1948 geese
 
 D.	
 
P(x)= 45x2 – 198x + 756;  2052 geese

anonymous · Answer

it's b. just try to put in the numbers ( 1 2 is enough) instead of the x's