The growth of a new strain of bacteria is represented by y=79.31(1.48)^x where x represents the number of days and y represents the number of bacteria which is the best prediction for the number of bacteria on day 8?
A) 1826 bacteria
B) 2024 bacteria
C) 2702 bacteria
D) 939 bacteria
So we are given the equation y = 79.31(1.48)ˣ Whereas the x represents the number of days <--- what you need to know y is the final number you are going to get, does not matter for now You are trying to find the number of bacteria on Day 8 Put 8 into x PEMDAS Parentheses Exponents Multiplication/Division Addition/Subtraction 1.48⁸ = 23.019 79.31 * 23.019 = 1825.667 Your answer would be A.
