At the beginning of spring, Lydia planted a small sunflower in her backyard. The sunflower's height in inches, h, after w weeks, is given by the equation h=3.75w+14. What is the meaning of the h-value when w=1?

Frank is lending $1,000 to sarah for two years. frank and sarah agree that frank should earn a real return of 4 percent per year. instructions: a. the cpi (times 100) is 100 at the time that frank makes the loan. it is expected to be 113 in one year and 127.7 in two years. what nominal rate of interest should frank charge sarah?