A news article states that the number of people infected with a particular virus has grown by 20% in one week which means 56 people became infected that week. 1. If the growth is linear, how many more people will be infected in one more week? If the growth is exponential, how many more people will be infected in one more week?

A news article states that the number of people infected with a particular virus has grown by 20% in one week which means 56 people became infected that week. 1. If the growth is linear, how many more people will be infected in one more week? If the growth is exponential, how many more people will be infected in one more week?

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter4: Linear Functions

Section4.3: Fitting Linear Models To Data

Problem 24SE: Table 6 shows the year and the number ofpeople unemployed in a particular city for several years....

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