The expression 8x2 − 176x + 1,024 is used to approximate a small town's population in thousands from 1998 to 2018, where x represents the number of years since 1998. Choose the equivalent expression that is most useful for finding the year where the population was at a minimum.

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step-by-step explanation:

let

we know that

the y-intercept is the y-coordinate of the point when the value of x is equal to zero

so

the y-coordinate of the point a is the y-intercept

the answer part a) is

the value of y-intercept is

part b) find the slope m

we know that

the value of the slope is equal to

substitute the values

therefore

the answer part b) is

the value of the slope is equal to

the general answer is

the slope is

the value of y-intercept is