At the beginning of spring, London planted a small sunflower in her backyard. The sunflower's height in inches, hh, after ww weeks, is given by the equation h, equals, 4, w, plus, 15h=4w+15. What could the number 4 represent in the equation?

Question

The change in the sunflower's height for every one additional week.

The sunflower's height after one week.

The sunflower's final height

The sunflower's height after 0 weeks.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: the change in the sunflower's height for every one additional week.

In the equation h=4w+15, the variable w represents the number of weeks. The coefficient 4 in front of w indicates that for every one additional week (w), the sunflower's height (h) increases by 4 inches.