in short, you simply pick a few random "x" values, to get the "y", and that's your point, for example say x = 2, then y = -(2)² - 4 => y = -8, that gives us the point of (2, -8), and so on.
we can start off by finding the vertex, the U-turn of the graph, and then just pick a point to its left side and a point to its right side, and we can get the vertex of that by
![\bf y=-4x^2-4\implies y=-4x^2+0x-4 \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \textit{vertex of a vertical parabola, using coefficients} \\\\ y=\stackrel{\stackrel{a}{\downarrow }}{-4}x^2\stackrel{\stackrel{b}{\downarrow }}{+0}x\stackrel{\stackrel{c}{\downarrow }}{-4} \qquad \qquad \left(-\cfrac{ b}{2 a}~~~~ ,~~~~ c-\cfrac{ b^2}{4 a}\right) \\\\\\ \left(-\cfrac{0}{2(-4)}~,~-4-\cfrac{0}{4(-4)} \right)\implies (0~,~-4-0)\implies (0,-4)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20y%3D-4x%5E2-4%5Cimplies%20y%3D-4x%5E2%2B0x-4%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20~%5Cdotfill%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Ctextit%7Bvertex%20of%20a%20vertical%20parabola%2C%20using%20coefficients%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%20y%3D%5Cstackrel%7B%5Cstackrel%7Ba%7D%7B%5Cdownarrow%20%7D%7D%7B-4%7Dx%5E2%5Cstackrel%7B%5Cstackrel%7Bb%7D%7B%5Cdownarrow%20%7D%7D%7B%2B0%7Dx%5Cstackrel%7B%5Cstackrel%7Bc%7D%7B%5Cdownarrow%20%7D%7D%7B-4%7D%20%5Cqquad%20%5Cqquad%20%5Cleft%28-%5Ccfrac%7B%20b%7D%7B2%20a%7D~~~~%20%2C~~~~%20c-%5Ccfrac%7B%20b%5E2%7D%7B4%20a%7D%5Cright%29%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cleft%28-%5Ccfrac%7B0%7D%7B2%28-4%29%7D~%2C~-4-%5Ccfrac%7B0%7D%7B4%28-4%29%7D%20%5Cright%29%5Cimplies%20%280~%2C~-4-0%29%5Cimplies%20%280%2C-4%29)
and since it's a vertical parabola, the axis of symmetry comes from the x-coordinate of the vertex, namely x = 0, check the picture below.
Answer:
Your score must be greater than 117.4
Your teammate is correct, because you only need 117.4 to win.
1. 1.09392(10^5)
2. 1.1130(10^4)
hope this helps
If a pizza is divided into eights, that means that there are eight pieces of pizza. There are three people so if three people each eat one slice, that means there are five pieces of pizza left which is 5/8. 4/8 equals one half. So one more slice of pizza must be eaten for half of the pizza to remain.