Question

The table gives the average mass of a sunfish after it is born. Which graph below would best represent the growth in mass of the sunfish?

Answer 1

lower option

Explanation:

As time passes (as x increases) the sunfish's mass grows exponentially, meaning that its growth each 5 weeks increases rather than staying constant, as a linear function would.

Thus, the lower option is the correct one, as the line's growth is exponential, rather than linear, as the top one is.