The rule for the linear graph is y=mx
It would b 9 x (-3^(x-1))
Answer:
The bacteria took 1 hour and 40 minutes to fill the first bottle and it took only 10 minutes to fill 3 more. This is because of the amount of bacteria, for the first bottle there were only a few so it took them time to grow and multiply but once there were a lot the process starts to get faster. Think of it like this if you have 1 bacteria it will multiply into 2 bacteria. The 2 will multiply into 4, then 8, 16, 32, 62, 124 and so on. Do you notice how the numbers are getting bigger every time? Each number is being multiplied by 2 so the growth rate speeds up very quickly, which is why it took the bacteria 1 hour and 40 minutes to fill the first bottle and only 10 minutes to fill the other 3.
(I'm not sure but this is my theory)
It is 3 steps so first explain then do the steps then solve
