Rewrite the polynomial in the form ax2 + bx+c and then identify the values of a, b, and c.
x2
+
8
2

answer: the dogs need to shift their focus to human scent.

its because the dogs being trained are for search and rescue thus they need to be able to track humans and their specific scent

part a: 1.08

part b: 27.59

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: