The answer would be b). -4
Reason being you have to minus four dollars to get to 14. If you chose c, then you would be adding four dollars, which isn't right. So your answer is b.
The pattern for first and second arrangement:
3 + 9 + 8 - 6 =14
10 + 2 + 7 - 3 = 16
Third arrangement:
11 + 8 + 17 - 4 = 32
The function is non-linear, because of the fact that while <em>x changes in equal increments</em>, by 2, <em>y doesn't</em>, dropping by 2, then 3, then 4.
Step-by-step explanation:
4x^2+2x-5
4(-1)^2+2(-1)-5
4-2-5
2-5= -3