During the worst periods of hyperinflation in a certaincountry, the price of food increased at a rate of

25% per month. State whether this increase was linear or exponential. If your food bill was

$130 in one month during thisperiod, what was it three monthslater?

1.

Was the growth in inflation linear orexponential?

linear

Exponential

2.

What was the monthly food bill after threemonths?

$

(Round to the nearest dollar asneeded.)