Question

Question1) Describe three scenarios that involve a real-world linear or exponential function. At least one must be exponential. Identity whether your scenarios are linear or exponential. Provide an explanation to support your answers.. (Mark Brainliest.)​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Let's suppose that you go in a straight line, in a car that moves at a constant speed of 80km/h.

Then the distance from your house (assuming that you start the drive in your house) can be modeled with a linear equation:

D(t) = 80km/h*t

where t is time in hours.

This will be a linear function.

2) Suppose that you have a population of some animal, that grows by 2% each month, and initially, there are 100 individuals of that animal.

Then the first month, the population is 100.

The second month the population increased by a 2%, then it will be:

100 + 100*0.02 = 100*(1.02)

The third month, the population will be 100*(1.02) + 0.2*100*(1.02) = 100*(1.02)^2.

and so on, this is an exponential relation, where the population as a function of the number of months, can be written as:

P(m) = 100*(1.02)^(m - 1)

3) Suppose that you have $100 saved, and each month you can save another $80, let's find a function that says the amount of money that you have saved as a function of the number of months. S(m)

The month number zero (before you started saving) you had $100 saved.

S(0) = $100.

One month after, you have saved $80 more, then you have:

S(1) = $100 + $80

Another month after, you have:

S(2) = $100 + $80 + $80 = $100 + 2*$80

And so on, you already can see the pattern, after m months, you will have:

S(m) = $100 + m*$80 saved.