Fill in the blanks to complete the statement. The graph of $\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { x } ) = - 0.3 ( \mathrm { x } - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 5$ is a parabola openingــــــــــ and is ــــــــــ than that of $y = x ^ { 2 }$.
A) down; wider
B) up; narrower
C) down; narrower
D) up; wider

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The coefficient of $x^2$ is negative, indicating the parabola opens down. The absolute value of the coefficient is less than 1, making the parabola wider than $y = x^2$.

Fill in the Blanks to Complete the Statement P(x)=−0.3(x−10)2−5\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { x } ) = - 0.3 ( \mathrm { x } - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 5P(x)=−0.3(x−10)2−5

Fill in the Blanks to Complete the Statement $\mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { x } ) = - 0.3 ( \mathrm { x } - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 5$