Question

Bianca had a weekly allowance of $8.50 two years ago. Last year, her weekly allowance was $9.75. This year, Bianca's weekly allowance is $12.00. Does it make sense to represent the relationship between the amount of her allowance and the year with a constant rate? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

In this particular scenario, based on the numbers I would say that it does not make sense to represent this with a constant rate. That is because in a span of three years the change between each year is completely different, for example, between the first and second year there was a change of

9.75 - 8.50 = 1.25 dollar change

1.25 / 8.50 = 0.147 or a 14.7% increase

Between the second and third year, there was a change of

12 - 9.75 = 2.25 dollar change

2.25 / 9.75 = 0.23 or 23% increase

Therefore, each year the percent and dollar value increase is increasing more and more which would not be a constant rate.