In which direction does the graph of the function shown below open?

a. down
b. left
c. right
d. up

D. Up

Step-by-step explanation:

When a parabola has the form   , It is vertical (opens up or down).

Because the variable "x" is squared.

If  "a" is positive, then the parabola opens up, but if it is negative, then the parabola opens down.

In this case you have the quadratic function:

Which can be rewritten as:

Therefore, it is vertical, because it has the form:  

You can observe that the value of "a" is:

Then, since "a" is positive, the parabola opens up.

dalila is incorrect. the whisker on the left is very long, going all the way out to 5. the whisker goes from 5 to 30, so it has a spread of 25. the rest of the box plot values are closer together, so 5 is an outlier

the answer is b.

step-by-step explanation: