Question

Rachna purchases a plant that is 6 inches tall. Every week the plant grows an additional 0.6 inches. Rachna draws a graph of the function that models the plant’s growth. The x-axis is labeled Weeks and the y-axis is labeled Height in inches. What is the slope of the function?

Answer 1

0.6

Explanation:

Slope is the change in y divided by change in x.

x is weeks

y is height

We know plant grows 0.6 inches every week. This means per 1 week [change in x], the plant grows 0.6 inches [change in y]

Slope = 0.6/1 = 0.6

0.6 is the slope of the function