A botanist is studying the development of a bamboo plant. She started keeping a log of its growth 25 weeks ago. Since then, the plant has grown an average of inch each week. Every 5 weeks she 1 feet. Complete questions 1-4 below. trims 2 inches off the top of the bamboo plant. Its current height is 5- 2 4 1. Write an equation to represent the plant's growth since the botanist started keeping her log. How much has the plant grown? An equation that represents the plant's growth is The plant has grown inch(es). (Type an integer, fraction, or mixed number) 2. What is the change in the plant's height from being trimmed? inch(es) (Type an integer, fraction, or mixed number.) inches taller than it was 25 weeks ago. What is the correct change in the plant's height? Explain how the error 2 3. A fellow botanist looks at the log and incorrectly states that the bamboo plant is now 27- was likely made. inch(es). The amount trimmed was the growth instead of being The correct change in the plant's height is (Type an integer, fraction, or mixed number.) 4. What was the initial height of the plant when the botanist started keeping her log? Show your work. and so The initial height of the plant was inch(es). (Type an integer, fraction, or mixed number.) the growth.
