The error is that the student put a decimal point in between the 9 and 3 instead of a multiplication sign.The answer is 9x3
The answer is 21.
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Initial value can mean many things, but what I believe it means in this area is the value that you start with (obviously), so in the equation (y=mx+b), the initial value is the b. It is where the line intercepts the y-axis, and that is your initial value, I believe!
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