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The parabola x = y² - 9 opens: a.)up b.)down c.) right d.)left

Avery’s piggy bank has 300 nickels, 450 pennies, and 150 dimes. she randomly picks three coins. each time she picks a coin, she makes a note of it and puts it back into the piggy bank before picking the next coin.

X² + 4y² = 36 the major axis runs along: a) y=4x b) x-axis c) y-axis