Question

Given a set of data, what steps would you take to identify whether the data showed linear or exponential growth?

Answer 1

Which of the following steps did you include? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Make sure that the x-values are spaced apart in equal intervals.

Determine whether the y-values increase by the same amount or by the same ratio.

Decide that the data is linear because the y-values increase by a common difference.

Decide that the data is exponential because the y-values increase by a ratio or factor.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

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Explanation:

The first thing to do when given a data set is to ensure that the x-values are spaced in equal intervals.

The next is now to determine if the given y-values are increasing by the same amount(a common difference) or by the same ratio(a common ratio).

The data set is linear if the y-values increase by a common difference and the data set is exponential if the y-values increase by a ratio or factor.