Determine Whether the Growth (Or Decay)is Linear or Exponential, and Answer

question 69

Multiple Choice

Determine whether the growth (or decay) is linear or exponential, and answer the associated question.
-During the worst periods of inflation in America, the price of food increased at a rate of 10% per month. If your food bill was $400 one month during this period, what was it two months later?

• A)Exponential; $484.00
• B)Linear; $880.00
• C)Exponential; $441.00
• D)Linear; $480.00

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Definitions:

Connective

In formal logic, an operator that combines propositions to form a new proposition with a truth value derived from the original propositions.

Consistent

Marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity; free from contradiction.

Truth Tables

A table used in logic to determine whether a proposition is true or false for all possible logical variable combinations.

Conjunction

A logical operator that connects two statements or propositions, where the truth of both is required for the entire statement to be true.