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Question

which statement correctly describe the growth of both populations?

Population A has an initial value of 800 and grows by 5% each month. Population B has an initial value of 500 and grows by 20 each month. Which statements correctly describes the growth of both populations?

A.Population A is linear.

Population B is linear.

B.

Population A is exponential.

Population B is linear.

c.

Population A is quadratic.

Population B is linear.

d.

Population A is linear.

Population B is exponential.

Answer 1

Growing by a percentage each month is exponential. Growing by a fixed amount each month is linear. Therefore,

B.

Population A is exponential.

Population B is linear.