Ashley is keeping track of the growth of a bamboo plant. when she purchased the plant last month its height was 8.75 inches. its height today is 9.5 inches. assuming that the growth rate remains unchanged, which equation models the height of the bamboo plant after x months of growth? using the graph, estimate the height of the plant in 6 months. a) y = .75x; about 11 inches b) y = x + 9.5; about 15 inches c) y = 8.75x; about 52.5 inches d) y = .75x + 8.75; about 13.25 inches

D) y = .75x + 8.75; about 13.25 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The y-intercept is the starting point.  According to the graph, the equation started at a y-intercept that is under 9 but above 8. That cancels choices A and C because there is no y-interecpt in the equation.  B is then cancels because the y-intercept is above 9 when the graph clearly shows that it is below 9. The only answer choice left is D.

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new york the colossal success of "top gun" appears to have dramatically altered madison avenue's

perception of corporate sponsorship

of home video projects.

the paramount home video re- lease, featuring a 60- second diet

pepsi spot, was by no means the

first prerecorded video to carry an advertiser's plug, but it was the

first major theatrical release to do so. in the aftermath of the title's

success, paramount is widely ex- pected to ink a similar deal for

"crocodile dundee" or "star trek

iv" or both.

corporate america's new attraccds push british

recording sales

to 19% gain

london fueled by the compact

disk boom, the value of u.k. manu- facturer shipments of recordings

rose 19% in the 12 -month period ended march 1987, according to the

british phonographic industry.

total value of u.k. shipments for

the period was $755 million for all

configurations. (all value figures

are based on an exchange rate of

$1.68 to the pound sterling.)

cd sales totaled 10.7 million units

worth $121.3 million- compared

with 3.7 million units worth $39.5

million in the prior 12 months -and

accounted for two -thirds of the

overall gain in trade value. at present growth rates, says the bpi, cd

sales for calendar 1987 will reach 20

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