12/x+5
x represents “a number” because it’s unknown and the + sign is because the words sum
No because the number has to be between 1 and 10 so it should be 2.6x10^3
|5 - 7| = |-2| = 2
|12.4 - 16.1| = | -3.7| = 3.7
-2 x 7 = -14
Answer:
The bacterial culture loses
of its size every 7 seconds.
Step-by-step explanation:
The relationship between the elapsed time t, in seconds, and the number of bacteria, N(t), in the petri dish is modeled by the function:

Since the growth factor is less than 1, it is a decay equation.

Observe that the time t is divided by 7.
This is the period.
We can therefore say that the bacterial culture loses
of its size every 7 seconds.