Reviewing the tropical sea-grass growth experiment in the unit, the total growth was calculated by subtracting the starting length from the end length. What type of function was used to calculate total growth?

Question

A. trigonometric
B. linear
C. quadratic
D. cube root

Answer 1

B. linear

In a linear function, the relationship between the variables is of the form y = mx + b, where y represents the total growth, x represents the starting length, and m and b are constants. In this case, the total growth was calculated by subtracting the starting length from the end length, which represents a linear relationship between the variables.