During a recent increase in the price of a barrel of oil, a market analyst tried to determine whether to apply a linear model or an exponential model. During the first 4 weeks of the year, U. S. crude oil prices closed at the following values: U. S. Crude Oil Prices
Week Price
1 $39.20
2 $66.64
3 $113.29
4 $192.59

Does the increase in price represent linear or exponential growth? What is the growth factor or rate of change?
Linear, and the constant rate of change is $27.44 per week
Linear, and the growth factor is 1.7 per week
Exponential, and the growth factor is 1.7 per week
Exponential, and the constant rate of change is $27.44 per week

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?

answer: 1 + 1 = 11

step-by-step explanation:

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