Ehsan is having a big going-out-of-business sale and he wants to advertise his sale. He starts by making a large number of advertising fliers for his sale and gives


of his friends many fliers. He asks each of them to give fliers to

of their friends the next day, and to tell each of their friends to give fliers to

of their friends the day after, and so on. Let

be the number of people who will be given fliers on day

. Which of the following best explains the relationship between

and

?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) The relationship is linear because the values of

always increase as the values of

increase.
A
The relationship is linear because the values of

always increase as the values of

increase.
(Choice B) The relationship is exponential because

increases by a factor of

each time

increases by

.
B
The relationship is exponential because

increases by a factor of

each time

increases by

.
(Choice C) The relationship is linear because

increases by a factor of

each time

increases by

.
C
The relationship is linear because

increases by a factor of

each time

increases by

.
(Choice D) The relationship is exponential because

increases by a factor of

each time

increases by

.
D
The relationship is exponential because

increases by a factor of

each time

increases by

.

1 answer

(Choice D) The relationship is exponential because the number of people given fliers increases by a factor each time the day increases.