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Compare the graphs and determine which one could be the graph of a square root function.(1 point)

A coordinate plane's axes range from negative 3 to 3, both by 1-unit increments. An S-shaped curve is plotted passing through 3 marked points.
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The marked points are located as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 1 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis negative 1 comma negative 1 right parenthesis.

A coordinate plane's axes range from negative 4 to 4, both by 1-unit increments. A straight line is plotted passing through 3 marked points in the first and third quadrants.
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The marked points are located as follows: left parenthesis 1 comma 1 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis negative 1 comma negative 1 right parenthesis.

A coordinate plane's x-axis ranges from negative 2 to 6 and its y-axis ranges from negative 2 to 4, both by 1-unit increments. A curve is plotted in the first quadrant. It passes through 3 marked points.
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The marked points are located as follows: left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 1 comma 1 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 4 comma 2 right parenthesis.

A coordinate plane's x-axis ranges from negative 3 to 3 and its y-axis ranges from negative 1 to 4, both by 1-unit increments. A concave up parabola is drawn passing through 3 marked points in the first and second quadrants.
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The marked points are located as follows: left parenthesis negative 1 comma 1 right parenthesis, left parenthesis 0 comma 0 right parenthesis, and left parenthesis 1 comma 1 right parenthesis.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The third graph (points (0,0), (1,1), (4,2)). Those points lie on y = √x (domain x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0), so it matches a square root function.