The number of mice tripled each year for the past 4 years in the small rural town. Which of the following characteristics best describes the function? The graph is a curved line that increases.
The graph is V-shaped the increases then decreases.
The graph is a straight line that increases.
The graph is U-shaped the increases then decreases.

The graph is a curved line that increases.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the mice triple in population every year then the population is increasing an at exponential rate by multiplying the previous mouse count by 3. I have included a image of a graph that would represent this.

Thus the graph is a curved line that increases, it is not a v shape because the population will constantly increase by 3 times each year, it is not a straight line because the mice population is not increasing in a linear fashion and the population is not U shaped as the population will not decrease as long as the mice population triples every year.

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your answer is a

step-by-step explanation:

4*4*4*4=256

17

step-by-step explanation:

51/3=17

thus 17 is your answer.