What transformations of f(x) = x2 combine to result in the graph of function g below

What is the equation of the graph below? y=sec(x)-4

Which term best describes the association between variables a and b? no association a negative linear association a positive linear association a nonlinear association a scatterplot with an x axis labeled, variable a from zero to ten in increments of two and the y axis labeled, variable b from zero to one hundred forty in increments of twenty with fifteen points in a positive trend.

From the beginning of the day the temperature rose 15 degrees so that by 4 pm it was 87 degrees. what was the temperature at the start of the day