Francesca Is with Her Friends and Thinks It Would Be

question 90

Multiple Choice

Francesca is with her friends and thinks it would be funny to steal the stop sign and watch all the people zoom through the dangerous intersection.What part of Francesca's brain needs to develop some more for her to be able to consider the consequences of her decisions?

• A) the visual cortex
• B) the parietal lobe
• C) the amygdala
• D) the prefrontal cortex

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Definitions:

Perfect Square Trinomial

A trinomial that is the square of a binomial, having the form a^2 + 2ab + b^2 or a^2 - 2ab + b^2.

Completing the Square

A method used in algebra to solve quadratic equations by converting the equation into a perfect square trinomial form.

Perfect Square Trinomial

A polynomial of the form \(a^2 + 2ab + b^2\) or \(a^2 - 2ab + b^2\), where the square of the first term plus/minus twice the product of the first and second term plus the square of the second term.

Real Solutions

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