We use a system of equations to solve this. Since tri city sells 4 times it becomes 4x and solly company is x. Then we do 4x-x=96. 3x=96. x=32. We are not finished yet. We still have to multiply x by 4. x=128. Tri City sold 128 dishwashers.
Average rate of growth is another way of saying slope, so you can use the slope formula, which in this case would yield (11-4)/(3.5-1.2) which is an average rate of 3.04 inches per day. Essentially, the independent variable is days, because it is the days causing growth not the growth causing days. So that means you do the last day minus first day over the final height minus initial height. Hope this helps :)
N=125b+50 where n= the total amount the company charges in dollars
3 fish are left because 4 - 1 = 3 =) I hopes this helps lol!