Asked by shawda

The table shows some values of a function of the form y = ax2 + bx + c.



The value of c, the constant of the function, is

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
c is the y‑intercept — the value of y when x = 0. So if the table includes the row x = 0, c is that y-value.

If the table does not include x = 0, give three (x,y) entries and you can find c by solving
y = ax^2 + bx + c
for a, b, c (use the three equations), or — for equally spaced x with step 1 — find the second finite difference Δ^2y = 2a, then solve for b and then c from c = y − ax^2 − bx using any one point.

If you paste the table I’ll compute c for you.