SAT Question e821a26d: Answer, Explanation & Desmos Solution

The scatterplot below shows the amount of electric energy generated, in millions of megawatt-hours, by nuclear sources over a $10$ -year period.

Of the following equations, which best models the data in the scatterplot?

Difficulty:Hard

$y = 1.674 x^{2} + 19.76 x - 745.73$

$y = - 1.674 x^{2} - 19.76 x - 745.73$

$y = 1.674 x^{2} + 19.76 x + 745.73$

$y = - 1.674 x^{2} + 19.76 x + 745.73$

Explanation