Answer:
Linear functions change at a constant rate per unit interval. An exponential function changes by a common ratio over equal intervals.
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
We want to convert the function into the form that let's us easily find the x-intercept, and it would be for the form
because then we can find the x-intercept in the following manner:



We factor our function
and get

Now this form let's us easily find the x-intercepts:


and so we pick the second choice: f(x)=(2x+1)(2x-1).