Students graphed the growth rate over several weeks of two plants in their classroom. The equations of both plants are given where x represents the time in weeks and y represents the heights of the plants in inches.

Plant A: y = 1.8x + 3.1

Plant B: y = 2.3x + 1.9

Approximately how many weeks will it take for both plants to reach the same height? Round your answer to the nearest teeth

Question

Students graphed the growth rate over several weeks of two plants in their classroom. The equations of both plants are given where x represents the time in weeks and y represents the heights of the plants in inches.

Plant A: y = 1.8x + 3.1

Plant B: y = 2.3x + 1.9

Approximately how many weeks will it take for both plants to reach the same height? Round your answer to the nearest teeth

Mercury · Answer

since the equations give you height y, you can simply set the equations equal to each other to solve for time, x