Question

for a science project Miranda will monitor the growth of two different plants, plant 1 and plant 2. at the start of the project plant 1 is 18 I'm tall and plant 2 is 4cm tall. plant 1 is expected to grow at a rate of 3 I'm per week.part a: what is the solution to the systems of equations in Mirandas graph? part b: what is the meaning of the solution to the systems of equations in the context of Miranda plant growth?part c: give a description of what the graph shows should happen with the plants growth before and after the point of intersection.

Answer 1

The lines in the graph represent the growth rate of two plants, the height is on the y-axis and the time is on the x-axis.

a)

If the plants growth represent an equation system, the solution of said system will be the point where both lines intersect. This point is arround x=7 weeks and y=39 centimeters, you can expres it as a ordered pair (7,39)

b)

This means that by the 7nth week both plants were 39 centimeters tall.

c)

Looking at the graph, the line corresponding to plant 2 is more inclined than the line of plant 1, this means that the growth rate (slope) of plant 2 is greater than the growth rate of plant 1.

The second plant grows faster than the first one.