document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=561315>Question 561315</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi! I'm not getting one thing on my math homework, can you help me please? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- Dough bought a small tree at the local garden center to plant in his backyard. The employee at the garden center told him that the tree would grow two centimeters per week. The linear equation below represents, h the height of the tree in Doug's backyard. H=2c+61\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-What I'm not getting is, what does 61 represent. How tall the tree is when he got it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #364240 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=364240\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When c = 0, ie when he first got it, H = 2(0)+61 = 61 which means that the height when he got it was 61 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the 61 represents the initial or starting height of the plant.\r<BR>\n" );
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