document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169618>Question 1169618</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You start measuring the growth of a tree in your backyard. It’s initial circumference was 80 cm and it grows at a rate of 2 cm every year. This situation can be represented by the equation C = 80 + 2t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) What do the C and t represent in this equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) What was the circumference of the tree after 7 years?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) After how many years was the circumference 92 cm?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) What was the diameter of the tree after 8 years?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It’s initial circumference was 80 cm and it grows at a rate of 2 cm every year. This situation can be represented by the equation C = 80 + 2t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is everything you need.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C, the circumference at any time t in years;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is seen for how many cm's per year;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the initial size was the constant term.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You only need to know 2pi*r=C for question part (d). </SPAN>\n" );
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