The relationship between time in months, t, and height in cm, h, can be represented by the equation h=4+2t for Plant A and h=8+2t for Plant C.

You just performed balanced moves to try to isolate t, and there are no t terms left. What do you notice about the equation now?
h=4+2t
h=8+2t
Height of Plant A
=
Height of Plant C
4 + 2t
=
8 + 2t

2t

2t

4
=
8

The result, 4=8, is
true.
This means that there

1 answer

The result \( 4 = 8 \) is false. This indicates that there is no value of \( t \) (time in months) that can satisfy both equations for the heights of Plant A and Plant C simultaneously.

This means that the two plants, represented by the equations \( h = 4 + 2t \) for Plant A and \( h = 8 + 2t \) for Plant C, will never have the same height at any point in time. The equations describe parallel lines when graphed, as they have the same slope (2) but different y-intercepts (4 for Plant A and 8 for Plant C). Therefore, Plant A is always shorter than Plant C by a constant height difference of 4 cm, regardless of the value of \( t \).