SOLUTION: Four years after a hedge maple tree was planted, its height was 9 feet. Eight years after it was planted, the hedge tree height was 12 feet. What is the growth rate of the hedge ma

Question 1003913: Four years after a hedge maple tree was planted, its height was 9 feet. Eight years after it was planted, the hedge tree height was 12 feet. What is the growth rate of the hedge maple? what was its height when it was planted?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Points (t,h) for years, height.
Points are (4,9) and (8,12).
Try staying in slope-intercept form, .
and .

Substitute either point, and once simplified in slope-intercept form for the described example, you have your vertical axis intercept, b.
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