Question

S the function y = 3(3.5)* a linear, quadratic, or exponential function? Explain
how you know

Answer 1

Exponential

Explanation:

Any function which has a term aˣ where a is a constant is considered an exponential functionhere

A linear function will have a form such as y = mx + b where m and b are constants.

A quadratic function will have the form y = ax² + bx + c where a, b and c are constants

An exponential function will have the form
`y = ka^(mx)`. It may have a constant as the multiplying factor. But
`a` has to be a constant greater than 0. k and m are also constants

Examples are

y =
`e^x` which is the natural exponential function. Value of e is 2.71828....

y = 2ˣ

y =
`5 (3^(2x))`

The function you provided is of the form
`y = k(a^x)` with k = 3 and a = 3.5