We have been given that the number of bacteria in the colony t minutes after the initial count modeled by the function $B(t)=9(3)^t$ . We are asked to find the average rate of change in the number of bacteria over the first 6 minutes of the experiment.

We will use average rate of change formula to solve our given problem.

$\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a}$

Upon substituting our given values, we will get:

$\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{b(6)-b(0)}{6-0}$

$\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{9(3)^6-9(3)^0}{6}$

$\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{9(729)-9(1)}{6}$

$\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{6561-9}{6}$

$\text{Average rate of change}=\frac{6552}{6}$

$\text{Average rate of change}=1092$

Therefore, the average rate of change in the number of bacteria is 1092 bacteria per minute.

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The results of a survey show that the percent of adults in a certain town who want to change the name of the town is in the inte

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A) the middle of the range is 39.5% b) the difference between the middle and the ends of the range is ±1.5% c) less than a majority favor change. Change seems unlikely.

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