A new hospital tracked the number of births during its first 6 months of operation, as shown in the table.
A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled month with entries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The second column is labeled number of births with entries 137, 110, 93, 70, 65, 77.
Find a quadratic function that models the data. Round numerical values to the nearest whole number.
f(x) = x2 + x +

Use the function to predict the number of births for month 8. There will be about births.

Two lines parallel to the same plane are parallel to eachother

The rate of decay of a radioactive substance depends upon the amount present initially. the mass y (mg) of the radioactive substance cobalt-60 present in a sample at time t (years) is represented by the exponential equation y=50e −0.1315 t . answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. how does the exponential equation above compare to the equation for simple interest that is compounded continuously? explain the similarities. 2. what is the initial amount of cobalt-60 in the sample? 2. how much cobalt-60 is left after 8.4 years? show your work. 3. what would be the y-intercept of the graph? what does it represent? 4. after how many years will the amount of cobalt-60 left be 6.25 mg? explain what happens to the cobalt-60 after 50 years? 5. discuss some “real-world” examples and uses of cobalt-60

On a piece of paper, graph y< x+1. then determine which answer matches the graph you drew.