Fang and Meng have a large rose garden. When the roses first bloomed, they initially picked 4 fresh roses. Each day thereafter, as more roses bloomed, they quadrupled the number of roses they picked. Let R be the number of roses picked on day t. Which of the following best explains the relationship between t and R ?Choose 1 answer:(A) The relationship is exponential because the values of R always increase as the values of t increase.(B) The relationship is linear because the values of R always increase as the values of t increase.(C) The relationship is linear because the values of R are always even integers.(D) The relationship is exponential because R increases by a factor of 4 each time t increases by 1 .
Q. Fang and Meng have a large rose garden. When the roses first bloomed, they initially picked 4 fresh roses. Each day thereafter, as more roses bloomed, they quadrupled the number of roses they picked. Let R be the number of roses picked on day t. Which of the following best explains the relationship between t and R ?Choose 1 answer:(A) The relationship is exponential because the values of R always increase as the values of t increase.(B) The relationship is linear because the values of R always increase as the values of t increase.(C) The relationship is linear because the values of R are always even integers.(D) The relationship is exponential because R increases by a factor of 4 each time t increases by 1 .
Day 1: Picking 4 Roses: On day 1, they picked 4 roses. If they quadruple the number of roses they pick each day, then on day 2, they would pick 4×4=16 roses.
Day 2: Quadrupling Roses: On day 3, they would pick 16×4=64 roses. This pattern shows that the number of roses picked each day is multiplied by 4 from the previous day.
Day 3: Multiplying by 4: This means that the number of roses picked is not increasing by a constant amount each day, but rather by a constant factor. This is a characteristic of an exponential function, not a linear one.
Exponential Relationship Explanation: Therefore, the correct answer is (D) The relationship is exponential because R increases by a factor of 4 each time t increases by 1.
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