Tim owns a sporting goods store. Is each situation linear?

Select Yes or No for each statement.

He sells 5 propane stoves each day for 4 consecutive days.

Tim's profit decreases by $125 each day for 5 days.

Tim's profit doubles each month for 3 consecutive months.

Tim sells 2 fewer fishing poles each day for 1 week

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Mohammed Pham

Mathematics

17 January, 08:21

Tim owns a sporting goods store. Is each situation linear?

Select Yes or No for each statement.

He sells 5 propane stoves each day for 4 consecutive days.

Tim's profit decreases by $125 each day for 5 days.

Tim's profit doubles each month for 3 consecutive months.

Tim sells 2 fewer fishing poles each day for 1 week

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Irvin Oconnell · Answer 1

1 and 2 are linear - the sales/decreases arae same for each day

3 is not linear as doubling the profit is an increasing amount each month.

4 is linear.