Use the quadratic function \( f(x)=x^{2}-8 x-20 \) to answer the following. \( \begin{array}{ll}\text { a) Determine the vertex. } & \text { b) Does the graph "open up" or } \\ \text { c) What is the equation of the axis of symmetry? } & \text { d) Find any } x \text {-intercepts. } \\ \begin{array}{ll}\text { e) Find the } y \text {-intercept. } & \text { Sketch the graph. } \\ \text { g) State the domain and range in interval notation. } & \end{array}\end{array} \).

Find \( x \). \( \frac{x-1}{3}=\frac{5}{x}+1 \) A. 6.36 OR -2.36 (B) 6.36 (C) 5.46 OR 2.36 (D) No real roots

3. At a school, \( 40 \% \) of the sikthegrade students said that hip-hop is their favorite kind of music. If 100 sixth-gade students preler hip hop music, how many sixth-grade studer are at the school? Explain or show your reasoning.

-простіть вираз: \( \begin{array}{ll}15 \mathrm{~m}^{2} \cdot\left(4 \mathrm{~m}^{3}\right)^{2} ; & \text { 2) }-0,5 \mathrm{~m}^{5} \cdot\left(2 \mathrm{~m}^{3}\right)^{4} \\ \left.-3 \mathrm{a}^{3} \mathrm{~b}^{4}\right)^{4} \cdot\left(-\frac{1}{8} a^{3} b\right) ; & \text { 4) }\left(-\frac{4}{5} m n^{4}\right)^{3} \cdot 25 m^{4} \mathrm{n}\end{array} \)

Find \( n \), \( 3 n-6=18 n^{2} \) A) 0.654 (B) -0.488 (C) 0.654 OR -0.488 (D) No real roots

42. Julio paid \( 7 \frac{3}{4} \% \) sales tax on an item he bought. He figured that if he had bought the item in a neighboring state where the sales tax is \( 8 \frac{1}{4} \% \), he would have paid \( \$ 75 \) more. What was the cost of the item before tax? (C) \( \$ 15,000.00 \) (IS) \( \$ 3,750.00 \) (C) \( \$ 1,500.00 \) (D) \( \$ 150.00 \) (F) \( \$ 37.50 \)