In order to better manage his money, Joe kept track of his monthly grocery bills for the past six months to see how much he had spent. These amounts appear in the table. Round each number in the table to the nearest hundred and estimate the total amount of money Joe should budget for groceries for the next 6 months.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation