In Exercises 83–86, determine whether each statement makes sense or does not make sense, and explain your reasoning.

Taxing thoughts: I’m looking at data that show the number of pages in the publication that explains the U.S. tax code for selected years from 1945 through 2013. A linear function appears to be a better choice than an exponential function for modeling the number of pages in the tax code during this period.

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Number of Pages Number of Pages in the Federal Tax Code 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 8200..... 19,500 40,500 73,950 1945 1974 1993 2013 Year