A botanist collected data on the growth of sunflowers to maturity. She modeled the equation y = x + 1/2
for the line of best fit. The independent variable, x, is time in weeks and the dependent variable, y, is height in feet. What does the slope mean in this context?
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In this context, the slope of the equation represents the rate of growth of the sunflowers. Specifically, for each additional week that passes (increase in the independent variable x), the height of the sunflowers is expected to increase by 1/2 feet (increase in the dependent variable y).
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