College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences 3rd Edition by Ronald J Harshbarger, Lisa Yocco

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Edition 3ISBN: 032157060X

Edition 3ISBN: 032157060X

Exercise 31

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Consider the table of a set of input values x and the corresponding outputs y that satisfy a function,

x	10	20	30	40	50
y	585	615	645	675	705

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Yes.

Since, the rate of growth is constant, so the points fit on a line and a linear function can be used to find the model for the data.