SOLUTION: A bamboo plant is growing 1 foot per day. When you first measure it, it is 4 feet tall. Write an equation to describe the height y, in feet, of the bamboo plant x days after you

Question 368820: A bamboo plant is growing 1 foot per day. When you first measure it, it is 4 feet tall. Write an equation to describe the height y, in feet, of the bamboo plant x days after you measure it. What is the y-intercept? What is the meaning of the y-intercept in this problem?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
when measured the height was 4 feet
day =0
1 foot /day
..
y = 4 + x*1
y = 4+x
..
y intecept = 4
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this means that on day 0 the height was 4 feet
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