What is the initial value of a function?

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Ascientist wants to use a model to present the results of his detailed scientific investigation. why would a model be useful? a )because the model makes the concepts easier to understand b) because the model is easy to put together and to use c) because the model prevents other scientists from asking questions d) because the model requires the audience to pay full attention to it i don't know what to choose because between a and d a is much more likely than d because it only wants to get the attention of the audience. i'm confuse.

The table shows the age and finish time of ten runners in a half marathon. identify the outlier in this data set. drag into the table the ordered pair of the outlier and a reason why that point is an outlier.