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2.3 Exercise 26

Avg difficulty 2.5

Consider this scenario: The weight of a newborn is 7.5 pounds. The baby gained one-half pound a month for its first year.

Find the linear function that models the baby’s weight W W as a function of the age of the baby, in months, t. t .

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 2.3 Modeling with Linear Functions, exercise 26

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