SOLUTION: You buy a saguaro cactus 6 feet high and it grows at a rate of 0.8 inches each year. Express its height h, in inches, as a function of time t, in years, since the purchase. Enter y

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Question 715880: You buy a saguaro cactus 6 feet high and it grows at a rate of 0.8 inches each year. Express its height h, in inches, as a function of time t, in years, since the purchase. Enter your answer as an equation, such as h=1+2t.
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You buy a saguaro cactus 6 feet high and it grows at a rate of 0.8 inches each year. Express its height h, in inches, as a function of time t, in years, since the purchase. Enter your answer as an equation,
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Note: 6 ft = 72 inches
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h(t) = 72 + 0.8t
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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