$7$ points

Eric McCarthy is trying to decide on whether or not to open a new not$-$for$-$profit senior center for retirees in Greenville. After doing some preliminary research, Eric discovers

that in the past ten years, the population of people over $55$ has been declining in North Carolina at an annual rate of $2\%.$ Eric can reasonably conclude that this trend is a$($ n $)$:

Strength

Weakness

Opportunity

Threat