At the beginning of spring, Anand planted a small sunflower in his
backyard. The sunflower's height in inches, h, after w weeks, is given by the equation h = 3.75w+18. What
could the number 3.75 represent in the equation?
Hint: this equation is in slope-intercept form: y=mx+b
The rate of change in the sunflower's height
The sunflower's height after one week
The sunflower's height when it is planted