Question

Y = 5x +22

Y = 5(14) + 22
Y = 70 + 22
Y = 92
Eric noticed that his basil plant grows 5 can every day. He starts recording the height when the plant is 22 cm tall. He wants to determine the height of the plant in 2 weeks, so he sets up the solves the equation shown. What does the solution 92 mean?

A) The planet will grow for another 92 days.

B) The plant will have a height of 92 cm in 2 weeks.

C) The plant will have a height of 92 cm in 5
weeks.

D) The plant will have a height of 70 cm in 2 weeks.

Answer 1

The answer is B. The number 14 represents 14 days, or 2 weeks. Since the equation is solved to get 92, that is how tall it will be then.