Asap. joe bought an apple tree that was 48 inches in height he noticed that his tree grew approximately 4 inches and the height each year .

which statement best describes the function that could be used to model the height of the apple tree h(t) as a function of time , t , in years .

1) the height of the apple tree can be represented by an exponential function and the variable t is multiplied by 4 in the equation representing the function

2) the height of the apple tree can be represented by an exponential function and the variable t is an exponent in the equation representing the function

3) the height of the apple tree can be represented by a linear function variable t is multiplied by 4 in the equation representing the function.

4) the height of the apple tree can be represented by a linear function and the variable t is an exponent equation representing the function.