Question

Grace bought a plant and planted it in a pot near a window in her house. As the plant grows, its height, in inches, can be modeled by the equation H, equals, 2, t, plus, 11, commaH=2t+11, where tt is the number of months since Grace bought the plant. What is the slope of the equation and what is its interpretation in the context of the problem?

Answer 1

This means that the slope of the equation is 2.

Explanation:

In the given equation, H = 2t + 11, the coefficient of t is 2. This means that the slope of the equation is 2.

The slope represents the rate at which the height of the plant increases with respect to time. In this case, since the slope is positive (2), it indicates that for every increase in one unit of time (month), the height of the plant increases by 2 inches.