Each month Adam changes the amount of food and sunlight a potted plant receives. When he started the plant was 63 cm tall. In th
e first month it grew 14 cm. The following month the plant grew 3 times as much as it did the first month. How many meters tall is the plant at the end of the second month?
You will start by subtracting the initial $2 which leaves you with $1 left. after that you count how many times $0.15 goes into your $1 left. That answer should be 6 time which is $0.90. Now you add the 6 to the original 3 to get 9lbs!