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Algebra 1

Course: Algebra 1 > Unit 12

Lesson 7: Exponential vs. linear models

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Linear vs. exponential growth: from data

CCSS.Math: HSF.LE.A.1, HSF.LE.A.1b, HSF.LE.A.1c, HSF.LE.A.2

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The number of views on a cat video and a dog video after they're uploaded are represented by the following tables:

**Cat video**
Time (months)	Views
0	50
5	313
10	1950
15	12, comma, 210
20	76, comma, 300

**Dog video**
Time (days)	Views
0	10
6	452
12	889
18	1330
24	1770

Determine whether the data described in the tables is best modeled by a linear function or an exponential function.

	Linear function	Exponential function
Cat video
Dog video

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