2. Which situation can be modeled by a linear function?

A. The population of bacteria triples every day.

B. The value of a cell phone depreciates at a rate of 3.5% each year.

C. An amusement park allows 50 people to enter every 30 minutes.

D. A baseball tournament eliminates half of the teams after each round.

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Elle Murray

6 September, 22:16

2. Which situation can be modeled by a linear function?

A. The population of bacteria triples every day.

B. The value of a cell phone depreciates at a rate of 3.5% each year.

C. An amusement park allows 50 people to enter every 30 minutes.

D. A baseball tournament eliminates half of the teams after each round.

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Jay · Answer 1

Linear functions are those whose graph is a straight line. A linear function has the following form. y = f (x) = a + bx. A linear function has one independent variable and one dependent variable.