Question
A store has 1000 books, and is adding 600 more each year. Is this linear or exponential?
exponential
linear
neither
quadratic
exponential
linear
neither
quadratic
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The situation described is linear.
In this case, the number of books increases by a constant amount (600 books) each year. This means that the relationship between the number of years and the total number of books can be represented by a straight line, which is characteristic of linear growth. The formula for this situation would be:
\[ \text{Total Books} = 1000 + 600 \times t \]
where \( t \) is the number of years. Therefore, the answer is **linear**.
In this case, the number of books increases by a constant amount (600 books) each year. This means that the relationship between the number of years and the total number of books can be represented by a straight line, which is characteristic of linear growth. The formula for this situation would be:
\[ \text{Total Books} = 1000 + 600 \times t \]
where \( t \) is the number of years. Therefore, the answer is **linear**.