For an experiment, a student measures the growth of a plant on a weekly basis and determines that the growth of the plant can be modeled by the equation
y= 1.5x + 6, where x represents the number of weeks and y represents the height of the plant in inches. Which statement is true?
A. The plant grows about 6 inches per weeks
B. The data was collected for 1.5 weeks
C. The height of the plant at the beginning of the experiment was 6 inches
D. The height of the plant at the end of the experiment was 1.5 inches
The constant in most expressions like this with the added word problem is the initial value. 1.5 would be the growth in inches each week so c is correct
