SOLUTION: Your mother planted a palm tree in the back yard of your house several years ago. Initially it was 200 centimeters high and its height increased by 30 centimeters each year. Let's

Question 977821: Your mother planted a palm tree in the back yard of your house several years ago. Initially it was 200 centimeters high and its height increased by 30 centimeters each year. Let's let H be the height of the tree in centimeters after growing for t years.
Is H a linear function or an exponential function?

This function is exponential because H always increases as t increases...?
This function is exponential because H increases by a factor of 30 each time t increases by 1...?
This function is linear because H increases by 30 each time t increases by 1...?
This function is linear because H increases by 200 each time t increases by 1...?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This function is linear because H increases by 30 each time t increases by 1.
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