A parabola has a vertex at (4,8) and x-intercepts (-6,0) and (-2,0). Sam is writing the equation of this parabola. What is the value of a in her equation?

Billy plotted −3 4 and −1 4 on a number line to determine that −3 4 is smaller than −1 4 .is he correct? explain why or why not

Pentagon abcde is dilated according to the rule do,3(x,y) to create the image pentagon a'b'c'd'e', which is shown on the graph. what are the coordinates of point a of the pre-image? a) (-1, 1)b) (-1, 2)c) (-9, 6)d) (-9, 18)

Need with son's homework i will give 30 ! show work daniel's house is located b miles from his school. the swimming pool is 3 miles farther from his school. his dr. office is 4 miles less than twice the distance from home to daniel's school. a. write an expression that shows the distance from daniel's house to the swimming pool. b. write an expression that shows the distance from daniel's house to his dr's office c. if b=3, is the swimming pool or dr's office closer to daniel's house? how much closer