Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Graphs and Graphing Utilities - Exercise Set - Page 159: 34

Answer

The equation that corresponds to ${{y}_{1}}$ in the given table is ${{y}_{1}}={{x}^{2}}$. Thus, option (b) is correct.

Work Step by Step

The option (a) is given as ${{y}_{1}}=-3x$ Now, put the value of x as 1; the value of ${{y}_{1}}$ is $-3$, which does not match the values in the table. So, option (a) is not correct. The option (c) is given as ${{y}_{1}}=-{{x}^{2}}$. Now, put the value of x as 1; the value of ${{y}_{1}}$ is $-1$, which does not match the values in the table. So, option (c) is not correct. The option (d) is given as ${{y}_{1}}=2-x$. Now, put the value of x as 2; the value of ${{y}_{1}}$ is 0, which does not match the values in the table. So, option (d) is not correct. The option (b) is given as ${{y}_{1}}={{x}^{2}}$. Now, put the value of x as 0; the value of ${{y}_{1}}$ is 0, which matches the values in the table. If we check any other value of x and y, results will match. So, option (b) is correct. Thus, the correct option is b.
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