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By what factor does the output value increase as each input value increases by 1?

By what factor does the output value increase as each input value increases by 1?-example-1
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Answer: 2

Each time x increases by 2, the outputs are multiplied by 4 (eg: 3 to 12 is times 4, or 12 to 48 is times 4)

Take the square root of 4 to get 2. So each time x increases by 1, y is doubled
x = 0, y = 3
x = 1, y = 6 <<-- y is doubled
x = 2, y = 12 <<-- y is doubled
and so on
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