Over the past decade a farmer has been able to increase his wheat production by about the same number of bushels each year. His most useful predictive model is probably…
A) exponential
B) linear
C) power
D) quadratic
E) logarithmic

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Since the farmer's wheat production has increased by about the same amount each year, a linear model - where the increase is constant - would be the most useful predictive model. Exponential, power, quadratic, and logarithmic models all involve different growth rates or curves, which would not accurately represent the consistent increase in wheat production.

Over the Past Decade a Farmer Has Been Able to Increase