Question
A certain species of tree grows an average of 0.5 cm per week. Write an equation for the sequence that represents the weekly height of this tree in centimeters if the measurements begin when the tree is 800 centimeters tall?
Answers
Reiny
looks like
height = .5n + 800 , where n is the number of weeks
height = .5n + 800 , where n is the number of weeks
Anonymous
Best Answer: C. The measurements begin when the tree is 8 m = 800 cm tall and grow 5.5 cm
per week, so that h(n) = 800 + 5.5*n.
per week, so that h(n) = 800 + 5.5*n.