Question

30 POINTS

2. The table shows a function. x 0 1 2 3 5 13 21 29 37 45 53
(a) Is the function linear, exponential, or neither?
(b) What is the pattern that you observe in the table? (for example: adding 5 each time x increases by 1, dividing by 2 each time x increases by 3) If there is no pattern, show that there is no pattern.
(c) What is the y-intercept of the function represented by the table? (be sure to write as an ordered pair)

Answer 1

a) linear

b) adding 8 each time x increases by 1

c) (0, 13)