Answer:
A parabola has the form:
y = a*x^2 + b*x + c
Where a is the leading coefficient.
If a is positive, the parabola opens up.
If a is negative, the parabola opens down.
a is the factor that multiplies the part that grows the fastest in the equation, thus, if a is a larger value (in absolute value) then the parabola will grow faster (then the parabola will be narrow)
if a is smaller (again, in absolute value) the parabola will grow slower, then the parabola will be wider.
With this, we can conclude that:
a = -4
is the largest value of a in absolute value.
Then this corresponds to the thinner parabola (the one at the left)
a = -1
Is the middle value of a, then this corresponds to the graph of the middle
a = -0.25
Is the smallest absolute value of a, then this one corresponds to the widest graph (the first one at the left)
