Which conclusion about the pole vaulters scores is true?
a) more than half of the pole vaulters scored higher on the second vault than on the first vault
b) the lower a pole vaulters first vault score, the higher the pole vaulters second vault score
c) the higher a pole vaulters first vault score, the higher the pole vaulters second vault score
d) more than half of the pole vaulters scored higher on the first vault than on the second vault

step-by-step explanation:

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answer: yes, since the line has a steeper rate of change than the exponential the y-values will be greater and they will only intersect one time.

let's first notice, the center of the hyperbola is at the origin, since the focus points are equidistantly 3 units away from the origin, that also means that the distance "c" from the center to either focus is 3.

it should also be notable that, the traverse axis for this hyperbola is vertical, or namely over the y-axis and therefore, the positive fraction will be the one with y-variable.

the traverse "a" component or distance from the center to either vertex is not 2, is more than 2, so we can safely put it at √5 ≈ 2.24.