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An ecologist studied the lengths, %0D%0An%0D%0A%0D%0A inches, and weights, %0D%0Aw%0D%0A%0D%0A pounds, of a group of sunfish. Her results are recorded in the graph below.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AA model based on the data relating the weight of sunfish to the length of sunfish would best be described as showing%0D%0A%0D%0A%09A.%09%0D%0Aexponential growth.%0D%0A%0D%0A%09B.%09%0D%0Aexponential decay.%0D%0A%0D%0A%09C.%09%0D%0Alinear increase.%0D%0A%0D%0A%09D.%09%0D%0Alinear decrease.%0D%0A%0D%0A%09E.%09%0D%0Alinear decrease followed by exponential decay.
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A. exponential growth.
Since the relationship between weight and length of sunfish is not linear (as the data points do not fall along a straight line), and the data seems to demonstrate a pattern of increasing weight with increasing length at a faster and faster rate, the model would best be described as showing exponential growth.
Since the relationship between weight and length of sunfish is not linear (as the data points do not fall along a straight line), and the data seems to demonstrate a pattern of increasing weight with increasing length at a faster and faster rate, the model would best be described as showing exponential growth.