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5.A plant grows to a height of 8 cm in 1 week. Fatima says, “Plant height and number of weeks are directly proportional. The height of this plant in 2 years will be about 832cm, because there are 104 weeks in 2 years.” State whether Fatima is likely to be correct and explain your answer.

 Mar 9, 2016
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.A plant grows to a height of 8 cm in 1 week. Fatima says, “Plant height and number of weeks are directly proportional. The height of this plant in 2 years will be about 832cm, because there are 104 weeks in 2 years.” State whether Fatima is likely to be correct and explain your answer.

 

1.so in one week plant grows 8 cm

2.every week it will grow 8 cm so your equatiion is:

 

  y=kx

  y=8x

 

x-number of weeks

k-number of grow per week (which is constant)

y-number of total grows

 

3. 1 year-365 days   1 week-7 days

 2 years=(365*2)/7 = 104.2857142857142857= 104 weeks (aprox.)

 

So put 104 into your equation y=8x

y=8*104

y=832

 Mar 9, 2016

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