7x - 4y = -28
3x +4y = -12
Using the elimination method because y is already eliminated
10x = -40
So x = -4
Then plug the -4 into the first equation....
7(-4) - 4y = -28
-28 - 4y = -28
-4y = 0
y = 0
I got: -4,0
Without the actually predicted values in comparison to the real values it is only possible to give a very likely answer based on their scale:
a) is 25 million off, which sounds bad but when compared to a few billion in population it's not even 1%
b)3 billion is more than half the world population as error: very unlikely
c)154 billion, unlikely that a prediction is off by a factor of ~30
d)same as c
so a) is most likely the solution, but in theory the predictions could be arbitrarily bad (things like negative population, or extreme growths)