Mike Perry, ben Thomas, Piece of Cake

Regression Equation

y= .5x^2 + .5x + 1

a= changes width of graph, most amount of pieces of cake u can get

b= moves graph from side to side

c= moves graph up and down, how many pieces u have with 0 cuts

x= # of cuts

y= # of pieces of cake

Domain (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

Range (2,4,7,11,16,22,29,37,46,56)

I stopped at ten because that is the last cut that was made on the cake, and it made 56 pieces.

Cuts-# of pieces

1-2

2-4

3-7

4-11

5-16

6-22

7-29

8-37

9-46

10-56