+1450 Two weeks ago, Alice came home from vacation and noticed that a bean plant was growing in her garden. Today, the stalk is 452 centimeters tall, and Alice observed that its height increases by 5% every day. How tall was the plant 2 weeks ago when she first noticed it growing? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.
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Not sure what "interest rate" is being accounted for, here.....maybe we should leave that for the "bean counters"......however....as to the "bean growers" like Alice, we can proceed as follows :
2 weeks = 14 days....so
452 = H ( 1.05)^14 wher H is the original height
Divide both sides by (1.05)^14
452 / (1.05)^14 = H ≈ 228.3 cm
