How many potatoes are in the basket?

Arandom high school question but a hard one

The table below shows the height of a ball  x  seconds after being kicked.  what values, rounded to the nearest whole number, complete the quadratic regression equation that models the data? f(x)  =  x2  +  x  +  0based on the regression equation and rounded to the nearest whole number, what is the estimated height after 0.25 seconds?   feet

Given that sin∅ = 1/4, 0 < ∅ < π/2, what is the exact value of cos∅? a. (√4)/4 b. (√15)/4 c. (4π)/2 d. (4√2)/4