Asked by shawda

ofia throws a rock straight up. The table shows the height of the rock in meters, y, at x seconds.
x- 0, 0.5 , 1 , 1.5 , 2 , 2.5
y - 3 , 8.75 , 12 , 12.75 , 11 , 6.75

What type of function is represented?

linear
exponential
quadratic
logarithmic

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Quadratic.

Reason: the first differences are 5.75, 3.25, 0.75, −1.75, −4.25 and the second differences are all −2.5. Constant second differences indicate a quadratic function (also consistent with projectile motion under gravity).