SOLUTION: A 10-inch sunflower is planted in a garden and the height of the sunflower increases exponentially. The height of the sunflower increases by 25% every 5 days.
What is the 5-day
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Question 1148809: A 10-inch sunflower is planted in a garden and the height of the sunflower increases exponentially. The height of the sunflower increases by 25% every 5 days.
What is the 5-day growth factor for the height of the sunflower?
What is the 1-day growth factor for the height of the sunflower?
What is the 1-day percent change for the height of the sunflower?
Write a function
f
that determines the height of the sunflower (in inches) in terms of the number of days
t
since the sunflower was planted.
f(t)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The 5-day growth factor is 1.25
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The growth factor for 1 day is 1.04564
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The % change in 1 day is 4.564%
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