The fish population in a certain part of the ocean (in thousands of fish) as a function of the water's temperature (in degrees Celsius) is modeled by: P(x) = -2 (x-9)^2 + 200

What temperature will result in the maximum number of fish?

c. 27 units.

step-by-step explanation:

we are told that in circle a, ∠bae ≅ ∠dae.

we can see from our given diagram that in and ;

, as these are radii of our given circle.

therefore, by sas congruence postulate.

hence, side be will be equal to side de as corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent. so we can set an equation to find the value of x as:

now let us substitute x=17 in the expression for the length of be.

therefore, length of be will be 27 units and option c is the correct choice.