Answer:
Linear function with rate of change/growth = 2.5, which agrees with the fourth statement listed in the answers options.
Step-by-step explanation:
Notice that both columns of reported x and y values are increasing.
Then examine how the given x-values increase:
-2, 2, 6, 10, 14 (in steps of 4 units)
and how their corresponding y-values increase:
-2, 8, 18, 28, 38 (in steps of 10 units)
therefore, if we do the rate of change for any pair [tex](x_1,y_1)[/tex] and [tex](x_2,y_2)[/tex], we get the following constant rate of change:
[tex]\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1} = \frac{10}{4} =2.5[/tex]
Given that this relationship is valid for any pair of (x,y) values. we conclude that the rate of increase is constant, and therefore we are in the presence of a linear function, whose rate of change is 2.5
