SOLUTION: Professor Botano is gathering data on the growth rate of a certain new hybrid seed. He spilled coffee on his clipboard and destroyed most of the data, but he did remember that the

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Question 694633: Professor Botano is gathering data on the growth rate of a certain new hybrid seed. He spilled coffee on his clipboard and destroyed most of the data, but he did remember that the seed had been growing at a constant rate throughout his observations. Help him reconstruct the data. Remember to show all your work! Your grade depends on it. :)
1. Figure out the missing values for Professor Botano’s table below:
# of days since seed was planted
0
2
3
4 7 inches
6 12 inches
8


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Only TWO ordered pair data points, and the professor remembers that rate was constant.

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2.5 inches per day.