Every Day the Office of Undergraduate Admissions Receives Inquiries from Eager

Multiple Choice

Every day the Office of Undergraduate Admissions receives inquiries from eager high school students.They keep a running account of the number of inquiries received each day, along with the total number received until that point.Below is a table of weekly figures from about the end of August to about the end of October of a recent year. $\begin{array}{ccc}\text { Week di } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Inquiries That } \\\text { Week }\end{array} & \text { Total for Yeal } \\8 / 28-9 / 01 & 1085 & 11,928 \\9 / 04-9 / 08 & 1193 & 13,121 \\9 / 11-9 / 15 & 1312 & 14,433 \\9 / 18-9 / 22 & 1443 & 15,876 \\9 / 25-9 / 29 & 1588 & 17,464 \\10 / 02-10 / 06 & 1746 & 19,210 \\10 / 09-10 / 13 & 1921 & 21,131 \\10 / 16-10 / 20 & 2113 & 23,244 \\10 / 23-10 / 27 & 2325 & 25,569\end{array}$ One of these columns can be interpreted as a rate of change.Which one is it?

A) the first
B) the second
C) the third