Add up the answer first to see of these correct or incorrect, if incorrect explain why it is not equal.

1. -2x -2x =0
2. x+x=x to the power of 2

1) incorrect

2) incorrect

Step-by-step explanation:

-2x-2x = 0 ?

-2x -2x = -4x

It will be 0 only if x = 0.

Not always true, so incorrect

x+x = x² ?

2x = x²

They will be equal if x = 0 or 2.

Not always true so incorrect

if the eqn of the parabola is f(x) = (x-4)(x+2), we need to mult. this out to find the coordinates of the vertex.

then f(x) = x^2 + 2x - 4x - 8, and f(x) = x^2 - 2x - 8.

one way in which you can find the vertex is to calculate x = -b / (2a).   here, that comes to

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x = = 1.   f(1) = 1^2 - 2(1) - 8 = - 9.   vertex is at (1, -9).

        2(1) 

find another point on the curve:   let x=0, for which y=-8.   then (0, -8) is on the curve.   plot the vertex and this point and draw a smooth parabola thru both.

hope this

false

step-by-step explanation:

false.   two legs of the trapezoid would be congruent, but the other two would not.   were all the legs congruent, then we'd have a square; were the 2 shorter sides congruent and the 2 longer sides also congruent, we'd have a rectangle.