The total cost, C, for running an advertisement in a local newspaper, The Free Press, is made up of an initial cost of $12 plus a charge of $5 per day. A rival newspaper, The Banner, is currently running a special on advertisements at $8 per day with no initial cost. a) Write an equation representing the cost in The Free Press.
b) Write an equation representing the cost in The Banner.
c) For each newspaper, create a table of values.
d) Use Geometer's Sketchpad to graph each cost on the same set of coordinate axis.
e) Which newspaper would you use for an ad that ran one day?
f) Which newspaper would you use for an ad that ran 12 days?

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answer: c, the green line

step-by-step explanation:

there is no black line, eliminate b.

simple interest implies periodic payments, but the red line shows no payments, eliminate d.

simple interest has equal payments. if paid say every day, the graph is about a straight line (actually a stairstep).

the yellow line is not straight, eliminate a.

check: the green line is straight, answer is c.

simple interest with positive interest rate gives a straight line sloping up to the right. green line:

g(t) = $100 + ($200-$100) ÷ (20 years) × (t years)

= $100 + (4%/year) × ($100)(t years)

incidentally, the yellow line curving upward represents continuously compounded interest

y = $100 × 2^(t years / (14 assuming the yellow line hits $200 at 14 years. 2^0 is 1, so y(0) = $100; 2^(14/14) is 2, so y(14) = $200.