Answer:
f(x) = 4*(5/2)^x
Step-by-step explanation:
First, we know that our function has the points:
(0, 4)
(1, 10)
(2, 25)
The first one (0, 4) means that:
f(0) = 4.
Then you can evaluate the four given functions in x = 0 and see which ones meet this condition (have the outcome equal to 4)
Here we can discard the function f(x) = 15*x - 5 because:
f(0) = 15*0 - 5 = -5
Then this function is discarded.
Now let's look at the second point, (1, 10)
This means that f(1) = 10
Then you can evaluate the remaining functions in x = 1, and see if the outcome is equal to 10.
Here we can discard the first function f(x) = (x + 2)^2 because:
f(1) = (1 + 2)^2 = 3^2 = 9
So the output is not 10 as we wanted.
(while for the other two functions we have)
for f(x) = 6*x + 4
f(1) = 6*1 + 4 = 10
for f(x) = 4*(5/2)^x
f(1) = 4*(5/2)^1 = 4*(5/2) = (4/2)*5 = 10
Now we use the last point, (2, 25)
This means that when x = 2, the outcome needs to be equal to 25.
For the function f(x) = 6*x + 4 we have:
f(2) = 6*2 + 4 = 12 + 4 = 16
So we can discard this one.
Then we could conclude that the remaining option is the correct one, but let's ceck.
f(x) = 4*(5/2)^x
then for x = 2
f(2) = 4*(5/2)^2 = 4*(25/4) = 25
correct.
Then the correct option is f(x) = 4*(5/2)^x
