Two chain restaurant brands, joey's refuge and kane's deli, were founded in the same year, although some outlets of kane's deli were operating under a different name before kane's deli was founded. the owner of joey's refuge uses the equation below to represent the number of restaurants, y, he owns x years after the brand's founding. the owner of kane's deli uses the equation below to represent the number of restaurants, y, he owns x years after the original brand's founding.