A zucchini plant in Darnell's garden was 10 centimeters tall when it was first planted. Since then, it has grown approximately 0.5 centimeters per day.

a. Choose the rule that describes the function.

b. After how many days will the zucchini plant be 0.185 meters tall?

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Nelson Ball

Mathematics

13 March, 09:47

A zucchini plant in Darnell's garden was 10 centimeters tall when it was first planted. Since then, it has grown approximately 0.5 centimeters per day.

a. Choose the rule that describes the function.

b. After how many days will the zucchini plant be 0.185 meters tall?

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Dante Bird · Answer 1

A) f (x) = 10 + 0.5x

B) first convert meters to centimeters

0.185 * 10 = 18.5CM

plug in 18.5 and then subtract 10 from both sides

18.5 = 10 + 0.5x

divide both sides by 0.5

8.5 = 0.5x

8.5 divided by 0.5 is 17

x = 17 days

A zucchini plant in Darnell's garden was 10 centimeters tall when it was first planted. Since then, it has grown approximately 0.5 centimeters per day.a. Choose the rule that describes the function.b. After how many days will the zucchini plant be 0.185 meters tall?

A zucchini plant in Darnell's garden was 10 centimeters tall when it was first planted. Since then, it has grown approximately 0.5 centimeters per day.

a. Choose the rule that describes the function.

b. After how many days will the zucchini plant be 0.185 meters tall?