A student planning a party has $20 to spend on her favorite soft drink. It is on sale at store A for $1.29 for a 2-L bottle (plus 10-cent deposit); at store B the price of a 12-pack of 12 fl oz cans is $2.99 (plus a 5-cent deposit per can). At which store can she buy the most of her favorite soft drink for no more than $20

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answer: c, the green line

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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.

the answer is c.

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