The area covered by a city is 20 square miles. The area grows by a factor of 1.1 each year since it was 20 square miles. a. Explain why the area, a, covered by the city, in square miles, is a function of t, the number of years since its area was 20 square miles.

the direct variation says that:

then the equation is of the form is given by:

            where k is the constant variation.

from the given table:

consider any value of x and m(x)=y

x = 2 and m(x)=y = 3

substitute these value in [1]; we have;

divide both sides by 2 we get;

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check:

put x = -1 and m(x) = -1.5

substitute in the equation:

-1.5 = -1.5                   true

therefore, the function m(x) represents a direct variation

graph of this function as shown below:

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

why? because i noticed a pattern. 60 120. those numbers without the zero, make the 6 times tables leaving your answer to be b since 6 times 4 is 24 and adding a zero making it 240.

c.

step-by-step explanation:

simple you would first have to get   a negative number where as 1 to be multiplied by 24 and then you would have to multiply 6 time 4 and then repeat that process until you reach your term