Scientists are measuring the thickness of ice on a las he lake. When they first measure the ice, it is 3.1 inches thick. Three weeks later the ice was measure to be 5.5 inches thick. (A) at what rate is the thickness of the ice growing in inches per week?

(B) write a linear function for the thickness, t, of ice as a function of the number of weeks, w, since they first measure it.

(C) does your function predict the ice to be less or more than a foot thick 10 weeks after they first measure it?