Rewrite the function by completing the square.
f(x) = x^2 + 14x + 8

f(x) = (x+__)^2 + __

What is the common difference in the following arithmetic sequence? 7,3,-1,-5

In the past, professional baseball was played at the astrodome in houston, texas. the astrodome has a maximum height of 63.4 m. the height of a baseball t seconds after it is hit straight up in the air with a velocity of 45 ft/s is given by h = -9.8t2 + 45t + 1. will a baseball hit straight up with this velocity hit the roof of the astrodome? use the discriminant to explain your answer.

The average number of vehicles waiting in line to enter a parking lot can be modeled by the function f left parenthesis x right x squared over 2 left parenthesis 1 minus x right parenthesis endfraction , where x is a number between 0 and 1 known as the traffic intensity. find the rate of change of the number of vehicles waiting with respect to the traffic intensity for the intensities (a) xequals0.3 and (b) xequals0.6.