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Maya shaved her head and then began letting her hair grow. She represents the length \ell of her hair, in centimeters, mm months after she shaved her head using the equation =1.25m\ell=1.25m. What does 1.251.25 mean in this situation?\newlineChoose 11 answer:\newline(A) It has been 1.251.25 months since Maya shaved her head.\newline(B) Maya's hair grows 1.251.25 centimeters per month.\newline(C) Maya's hair takes 1.251.25 months to grow a centimeter longer.

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Q. Maya shaved her head and then began letting her hair grow. She represents the length \ell of her hair, in centimeters, mm months after she shaved her head using the equation =1.25m\ell=1.25m. What does 1.251.25 mean in this situation?\newlineChoose 11 answer:\newline(A) It has been 1.251.25 months since Maya shaved her head.\newline(B) Maya's hair grows 1.251.25 centimeters per month.\newline(C) Maya's hair takes 1.251.25 months to grow a centimeter longer.
  1. Understand the equation: Understand the equation given for Maya's hair growth.\newlineThe equation =1.25m\ell=1.25m represents the length of Maya's hair (\ell) in centimeters, mm months after she shaved her head. The coefficient 1.251.25 is multiplied by the number of months (mm) to find the length of her hair.
  2. Interpret the coefficient: Interpret the coefficient 1.251.25 in the context of the problem.\newlineThe coefficient 1.251.25 in the equation =1.25m\ell=1.25m indicates the rate at which Maya's hair grows. This means that for each month that passes, her hair grows by 1.251.25 centimeters.
  3. Match interpretation with answer choices: Match the interpretation of the coefficient 1.251.25 with the given answer choices.\newlineThe correct interpretation of the coefficient 1.251.25 is that Maya's hair grows 1.251.25 centimeters per month. This matches with option (B)(B) and not with options (A)(A) or (C)(C).

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