Fill in the Blanks to Complete the Statement $P ( x ) = - 0.8 ( x - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 3$

question 63

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blanks to complete the statement. The graph of $P ( x ) = - 0.8 ( x - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 3$ is a parabola opening ـــــــــand isـــــــــــ than that of $y = x ^ { 2 }$ .

• A) up; narrower
• B) up; wider
• C) down; wider
• D) down; narrower

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