Last year, joshuahs tomato plant reaches a maximun height of 2 feet. He is growing another tomato plant this year, and he is tracking its growth. The plants height today is 10 inches, and it grows 1.7 inches each day. determine the initial value and the rate of change

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The initial value represents the starting height of the tomato plant, which is 10 inches. This means that when joshuah started tracking the plant's growth, it was already at a height of 10 inches.

The rate of change represents how much the plant's height is increasing each day. In this case, the tomato plant is growing 1.7 inches each day.

Therefore, the initial value is 10 inches and the rate of change is 1.7 inches per day.