Question

this table shows the population of owls in a park in different years. the quadratic regression equation that models these data is ( y = - 1.34 x ^ { 2 } + 10.75 x - 11.3 ).
using this model, the predicted number of owls in year 8 is about - 11. does this prediction make sense? why or why not?
a. no, because the owls went to live somewhere else.
b. yes, because that is the result of substituting ( x = 8 ).
c. no, because you cant have a negative number of owls.
d. yes, because the owl population is endangered.

Explanation:

The number of owls cannot be negative as it represents a count of living beings. A negative value for the number of owls does not make sense in the context of population count.

Answer:

C. No, because you can't have a negative number of owls.