Which of the following is an example of a horizontal merger? a. the purchase of a catering firm by delta airlinesb. the purchase of marathon oil company by u. s. steelc. the purchase of kentucky fried chicken by pepsicod. the purchase of sam's meat packing company by the kroger supermarket chaine. the purchase of mobil oil by exxon

i believe the correct answer is b.

you didn't give me the choices, so i will just give you the graph so you can look at your choices and choose the right one.

the image is given below

since the options are not given so we draw it from the equation

the given equation is

y = (x-1) (x+4)

y = y² + 3x - 4

the above equation is a quadratic equation which will have two roots. if we draw the graph for it, it will look like this

i believe a. 12x≥120 is the answer