The weight of a termite mound (y) in kilograms is measured each month (x) after it was first found. The mound after 1 month is found to be 2 kilograms and after 3 months it is measured at 18 kilograms. It is believed that the model connecting the weight of the mound to the number of months is either an exponential model of a power model. Discuss which of the two models you think would be more appropriate for the above scenario. You may want to consider initial conditions and rates of the change above
There were previous sections which I had to graph an exponential and power curve with the same coordinates of (1,2) and (3,18).
Now I am unsure if its a power of exponential. I would think it would be exponential as you can't find a mound at 0 kgs otherwise it would not be found if there is nothing to be found. I'm not 100% certain, so can anyone verify?
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