Answer: 2
(-4,1)(1,-2)
M=-2+4/1-1
=2/0
=2
The best ordered pair would be y=1/4x-2
You see I need to know also the reproduction rate as well to equalize it. If 9% of the population declines each year from 2001 to 2021, around 21,006 would die by 2021. Which is 180% more than the population. If the reproduction rate isn't high enough to beat the declination rates, they'd be extinct by then.
The vertex of the parabola is between the shortest line connecting its focus and directrix, so between (0, -4) and y = 4 is the point (0, 0), which is the vertex of the parabola. Also, this parabola faces downward.
The general formula for a parabola that faces downward is y = -4cx^2, where c is the distance from the vertex to either to focus or the parabola. Since c = 4, the equation is y = -16x^2, which is choice A.
I believe it is A. Hope this helps!!
