The table lists the cost y (in dollars) of purchasing a volume of red landscaping mulch from

Question:

The table lists the cost y (in dollars) of purchasing a volume of red landscaping mulch from the Red Barn Farm and Nursery in Dutchess County, New York. The mulch is sold by the €œyard,€ which is actually a cubic yard, and the variable x is the length (yd) of each side of a cubic yard.

Construct a scatterplot and identify the mathematical model that best fits the given data. Assume that the model is to be used only for the scope of the given data, and consider only linear, quadratic, logarithmic, exponential, and power models.