Fill in the blanks to complete the statement. The graph of $P ( x ) = - 0.8 ( x - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 3$ is a parabola opening ـــــــــand isـــــــــــ than that of $y = x ^ { 2 }$.
A) up; narrower
B) up; wider
C) down; wider
D) down; narrower

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The coefficient of the squared term is negative (-0.8), indicating the parabola opens downwards. The absolute value of -0.8 is less than 1, making the parabola wider than $y = x^2$.

Fill in the Blanks to Complete the Statement P(x)=−0.8(x−10)2−3P ( x ) = - 0.8 ( x - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 3P(x)=−0.8(x−10)2−3

Fill in the Blanks to Complete the Statement $P ( x ) = - 0.8 ( x - 10 ) ^ { 2 } - 3$