In class, we "broke down" the exponential function for our athlete problem to understand how each piece (values and variables) related to the context we were talking about. We also did this sort of break down of understanding a function when we were working with linear functions. Let's change the problem a little bit and compare the exponential situation with a linear one. A Linear Example similar to the exponential athlete problem: 1. An athlete signs a contract saying that they will earn $8.3 million with an increase of $500,000 each year of the 5 year contract