I would say A because it would just make sense, i’m sorry!
16 it will be a positive number because it's the opposite of |-8| but it was -|8| then it would be a neg number
Plug
into the equation of the ellipsoid:

Complete the square:

Then the intersection is such that


which resembles the equation of a circle, and suggests a parameterization is polar-like coordinates. Let



(Attached is a plot of the two surfaces and the intersection; red for the positive root
, blue for the negative)