Example 3
Marshall was going out of town for the weekend, so he took his dogs to be boarded. When he returned to pick them up, they were covered in fleas. The following graph shows the number of fleas on each of his dogs. What type of function models the number of fleas on each dog?
1. Create a table of values for both functions.
2. Determine what type of function models the number of fleas on Kimber.
3. Determine what type of function models the number of fleas on Nola.
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