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a dance studio has 40 nine-year-old children sign-up for ballet class. the studio owner decides to divide the children into two nine-year-old ballet classes: class alpha and class beta. if the studio owner wants each child to have a fair chance of being placed in either class, which of the following describes a method that cannot be used to the studio owner place the children?

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126 a. the attendance was never the same at both plays. b. the attendance was the same on day 5. the attendance was 231 at both plays on that day. c. the attendance was the same on day 13. the attendance was 295 at both plays on that day. d. the attendance was the same on days 5 and 13. the attendance at both plays on those days was 231 and 295 respectively.