Question

Mr. Hughes is competing in the Mr. Legs campaign to raise money for the Coral Shores High School soholarship fund. On the first day, he collected 52. On the third day, he collected $8. Let D represent each collection day and N represent the number of dollars collected on that day.

Matt claims that the situation can be modeled by an exponential function. Emily disagrees and claims that the number of dollars collected can be modeled by a linear function.
Which statement is true about the number of dollars predicted to be collected on the 6" day based on the two models?

number of dollars predicted to be collected on the 6th day using an exponential model is less than that predicted using a linear model.

The number of dollars predicted to be collected on the 6th day using an exponential model is greater than that predicted using a linear model.

The number of dollars predicted to be collected on the 6th day using an exponential model is equal to that predicted using a linear model.

There is not enough information to determine the relationship between the amount of money predicted to be collected on the 6th day using an exponential model and that predicted using a linear model.

Answer 1

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The correct answer is: There is not enough information to determine the relationship between the amount of money predicted to be collected on the 6th day using an exponential model and that predicted using a linear model.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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To determine whether the number of dollars predicted to be collected on the 6th day using an exponential model is greater, less, or equal to that predicted using a linear model, we need to have more information about the pattern of collections over the days in between the first and third day.

An exponential function model would imply that the amount collected each day is increasing by a certain percentage or factor. A linear function model would imply that the amount collected each day is increasing by a constant amount.

Since we only have information about the first and third day collections, we cannot accurately determine the pattern or relationship between the collections to predict the amount of money that will be collected on the 6th day using either an exponential or linear model. Additional data points or more information about the pattern of collections would be needed to determine this relationship.