When is the estimation of products a useful tool?

What is the logarithmic function modeled by the following table? x f(x) 9 2 27 3 81 4

Noel is hoping to make a profit (in $) on the school play and has determined the function describing the profit to be f(t) = 8t – 2654, where t is the number of tickets sold. what does the number 8 tell you?

Carly stated, “all pairs of rectangles are dilations.” which pair of rectangles would prove that carly’s statement is incorrect?