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Colletta decides to do a savings plan where she doubles the amount of money each day. Starting on day 1 she saves $1, on day 2 she saves $2, on day 3 she saves $4, on day 4 she saves $8 and so on.

a. Is the money saved a function of the number of days? Explain your reasoning.

b. Is the relationship linear? Explain your reasoning.

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Answer:

a. yes the money is a function the function is x = days

2^(x-1)

b. no its not it will go up by more and more every day a linear equation would mean it goes up by the same amount each day which it does not

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