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Which situation can be modeled by a linear function? * 1 point The value of a car decreases by 10% every year. The number of fish in a lake doubles every 5 years 2 liters of water evaporate from a pool everyday The amount of caffeine in a person's body decreases by 1/3 every 2 hours.

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Answer:

The third equation where 2 liters of water evaporate from a pool every day is linear

Explanation:

One way to think about this is that the other equations would require exponents, or solving non-algebraically would require know the subsequent output.

However, if 2 liters of water evaporate from a pool every day, the equation would be y= number of liters in pool - 2x

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