Holly's favorite book is about Johnny Appleseed, the American pioneer who planted apple trees all across the country. Inspired b

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Holly's favorite book is about Johnny Appleseed, the American pioneer who planted apple trees all across the country. Inspired b

y the story, Holly plants an apple seed in her backyard and tends the seed as it slowly grows into a tree. The proportional relationship between the age of Holly's apple tree (in years), x, and the height of the tree (in feet), y, can be modeled by the equation y = 1.5x.
If the tree is 5.25 feet tall, how many years has the tree grown?

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2 answers:

Snowcat [4.5K] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-07T14:57:58+03:00

Snowcat [4.5K]2 years ago

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Answer:

3.5.

Explanation

The tree has grown for 3.5 years.

y = 1.5x → 5.25 = 1.5x → x =

5.25

1.50

= 3.5

Inga [223] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-07T12:28:33+03:00

Inga [223]2 years ago

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Answer:

3.5 years

Step-by-step explanation:

Fill in the given number and solve for x.

y = 1.5x

5.25 = 1.5x . . . . . . with given height in feet

5.25/1.5 = x = 3.5 . . . . . divide by 1.5 to find age in years

The tree has grown for 3.5 years.