Answer: x=10
Step-by-step explanation:

Given that the number of years should be represented with x, the number of fish in the pond after x years should best be represented with f(x). The equation that would best show the given scenario in the problem above is,
f(x) = 500(2^x)
From the given, 500 is used as the initial population of the fish.
The second quartile Q₂ is nothing but the Median.
This means that it median = 4.2
Answer:
It is all determined by how many spaces and which way the decimal point moves.
Step-by-step explanation:
So here are two examples
<em>Example 1:</em>
500000.00
To write this in scientific notation you would move the decimal place to the left.
You would move it 5 digits to the left so the exponent of 10 would be 5

<em>Example 2</em>
0.0000042
Here to write this in scientific notation you move the decimal place to the right.
You would move it 6 digits to the right so the exponent would be -6

If you are working with time or days, you can't put in a negative value because if you are doing an experiment, you can't go back in time to do that experiment to gather data. (Time for the most part considered to be an input value so that's why I used it as an example.)