If y = ax^2 + bx + c passes through the points (-3,10), (0,1) and (2,15), what is the value of a + b + c?

About 400,000 people visited an art museum in december. what could be the exact number of people who visited the art museum?

Margie is practicing for an upcoming tennis tournament. her first serve is good 20 out of 30 times on average. margie wants to know the estimated probability that her first serve will be good at least four of the next six times she serves. how could she design a simulation for this scenario?

Stu and ambrose are working together on a study of whether diet is related to students' mental health. first, they randomly select 10 students from the student center and 10 students from the office of counseling and psychological services. then, they ask students to rate their diet in terms of healthiness on a scale of 1-100 before completing a 20-item mental health survey. a) name one of the constructs being studied b) how was the construct you named above operationally defined in this experiment? e) was the variable you described above their independent variable, their dependent variable, or a controlled variable? d) what is a confounding variable? what is a potential confound in this study?