Question

Megan and Suzanne each have a plant. They track the growth of their plants for four weeks.
Whose plant grew at a faster rate, and what was the rate?



Suzanne’s at 2 inches per week
Suzanne’s at 1.5 inches per week
Megan’s at 3 inches per week
Megan’s at 2.5 inches per week

Answer 1

I don’t have the plants’ measurements or the graph — can you share the data (heights at each week or the graph)? Then I can compute the rates and pick the faster one.

How I’ll do it:
- If you have an initial height and a height after 4 weeks: rate = (final height − initial height) ÷ 4 inches/week.
- If you have heights at week 1 and week 4, tell me which weeks those are so I use the correct time interval (difference in weeks).
- If you have all four weekly measurements, I’ll compute the average weekly increase (slope) from the first to the last measurement.

If you post the numbers or an image of the graph, I’ll compute the rate and choose from the options.