You buy a saguaro cactus 8 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 with h on the left side, and an expression involving t on the right.

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You buy a saguaro cactus 8 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 with h  on the left side, and an expression involving t  on the right.

anonymous · Answer

Convert the feet into inches so 8x12=96.
h=96+0.8t

anonymous · Answer

96 is the starting height and every year it grows 0.8 so it grows 0.8 multiplied by the number of years, t.

anonymous · Answer

thank u!