Keith applies a new brand of fertilizer to his grass.
He finds that the rate at which the grass grows can be modeled by a linear function
He observes that the rate of growth is 1 centimeter every 3 days.
After 18 days, he measures the height of the grass to be 8 centimeters
The initial height of the grass was centimeters tall.

Aspacecraft can attain a stable orbit 300 kilometers above earth if it reaches a velocity of 7.7 kilometers per second. the formula for a rocket's maximum velocity v in kilometers per second is vequalsminus0.0098tplusc ln upper r, where t is the firing time in seconds, c is the velocity of the exhaust in kilometers per second, and r is the ratio of the mass of the rocket filled with fuel to the mass of the rocket without fuel. find the velocity of a spacecraft whose booster rocket has a mass ratio of 20, an exhaust velocity of 2.1 km/s, and a firing time of 15 s. can the spacecraft achieve a stable orbit 300 km above earth?