Mr Garcia planted a pepper plant and a tomato plant in her garden, the pepper plant is 6 inches tall and grows 2 inches each week, the tomato plant is 4 inches tall and grows 2 inches each week, select all the statements that are true.

Question

The pepper plant is always taller than the tomato plant.
After 2 weeks, the tomato plant is taller than the pepper plant.
After 3 weeks, the tomato plant is taller than the pepper plant
After 4 weeks, the tomato plant and the pepper plant are the same height.
The tomato plant is always 2 inches shorter than the pepper plant

Answer 1

The correct statements are:

After 2 weeks, the tomato plant is taller than the pepper plant.
After 3 weeks, the tomato plant is taller than the pepper plant.

Answer 2

But I did the math and when I got to week two, the pepper plant is 10 inches and the tomato plant is 8 inches

Answer 3

Apologies for the confusion. You are correct. After 2 weeks, the pepper plant (6 inches + 2 inches per week x 2 weeks = 10 inches) is taller than the tomato plant (4 inches + 2 inches per week x 2 weeks = 8 inches). Therefore, the only true statement is:

After 2 weeks, the tomato plant is taller than the pepper plant.