The answer is B) The initial number of bacteria is 57, and the growth rate is 31% per hour.
The expression shown is an <em>exponential expression</em>. An exponential expression usually takes the form 
, as this one does. A represents the <em>initial value</em>, in this case-the initial number of bacteria. B represents the <em>growth rate</em>. When it is an increasing growth rate, it will begin with 1, because it will have everything it had before, plus the percent increase, the decimal portion. In this case, a=57, and b=0.31.
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Answer:
12
Step-by-step explanation:
When you a coin flips there are 2 possible outcomes which are either heads, or tailer, when you roll a die there are six outcomes, one to six. Putting these together means you have a total of 2×6=12 outcomes
32 × 2 = 68
32 × 3 = 96
32 × 4 = 128
So far we can conclude that the answer to your question lies somewhere between the numbers 3 and 4. To narrow down the answer some more, multiply 32 by 3.5 (a midway point between 3 and 4).
32 × 3.5 = 112
The number 112 tells us that the decimal we are looking for is higher than 3.5. (Because we need to get to 125, not 112.) Let's try some decimals between 3.5 and 4.
32 × 3.7 = 118.4
32 × 3.8 = 121.6
32 × 3.9 = 124.8
32 × 4 = 128
As we narrow down our answer, we can see that the number we are looking for lies between 3.9 and 4 on the number line. Now we need to start testing some decimals between 3.9 and 4.
32 × 3.905 = 124.96
Again, use the number five as a "midway" point to decide if you should use numbers that are higher or lower than 3.905. In this case, we need to use numbers higher than 3.905.
32 × 3.906 = 124.992
32 × 3.907 = 125.024
We are getting even closer to our number now that we know the decimal is somewhere between 3.906 and 3.907.
32 × 3.9065 = 125.008
With our midway point we can see that our number lies between 3.906 and 3.9065. Let's try a quarter point to see where our number lies from there.
32 × 3.90625 = 125
And BINGO! We have found the answer to the question. To be rephrased, our answer can be put like this:
= 3.90625
A one-step equation is an algebraic equation you can solve in only one step. You've solved the equation when you get the variable by itself, with no numbers in front of it, on one side of the equal sign.
