Question

A scientist is performing an experiment with a certain type of mold which is spreading every quarter of an hour. The function below represents the area covered by the mold after t hours.
(Best answer gets brainliest)
(Need the middle answer)
(Correct me if my answers are wrong)

Answer 1

The middle value should be 4%.

The reason why is because if the value inside the parentheses was 1.00, it would be constant. 1.04 is equivalent to a positive change of 4%.

Also, it changes every 1 hour, instead of every 15 minutes, because the function is solving for variable t, which, in this context, represents the time in hours.

Answer 2

It changes every 1 hour, instead of every 15 minutes