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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

20 points for the answer. this is for real , don't put random ! a rectangle has a length of 4 centimeters and a width of 7 centimeters. what is the effect on the perimeter when the dimensions are multiplied by 5? the perimeter is increased by a factor of 5. the perimeter is increased by a factor of 20. the perimeter is increased by a factor of 25. the perimeter is increased by a factor of 100.