Ken, a meteorologist, is predicting next year’s temperatures in New York City. He predicts that, in August, the average low temperature will be 20°C, and that the temperature will drop by 4°C in September.

Use the number line interactive tool to determine Ken’s temperature prediction for September.

-2x-4

step-by-step explanation:

let's first notice, the center of the hyperbola is at the origin, since the focus points are equidistantly 3 units away from the origin, that also means that the distance "c" from the center to either focus is 3.

it should also be notable that, the traverse axis for this hyperbola is vertical, or namely over the y-axis and therefore, the positive fraction will be the one with y-variable.

the traverse "a" component or distance from the center to either vertex is not 2, is more than 2, so we can safely put it at √5 ≈ 2.24.