Here’s the answer and each step I took to solve it. With the example I made on the side just continue to repeat that for each one to get the answers. You just replace that one number for the X to take the place for the next X value as you go down the table solving them.
The slope is 4/3.
rise/run
rise = 4
run = 3
Answer:
2 hours: 3968 <u>[I don't understand the $ sign in the answer box]</u>
At midnight: 12137
Step-by-step explanation:
The bacteria are increasing by 15% every hour. So for every hour we will have what we started with, plus 15% more.
The "15% more" can be represented mathematically with (1 + 0.15) or 1.15. Let's call this the "growth factor" and assign it the variable b. b is (1 + percent increase).
Since this per hour, in 1 hour we'll have (3000)*(1.15) = 3450
At the end of the second hour we're increased by 15% again:
(3450)*(1.15) = 3968.
Each additional hour add another (1.15) factor, If we assign a to be the starting population, this can be represented by:
P = a(1.15)^t for this sample that increase 15% per hour. t is time, in hours.
If a represents the growth factor, and P is the total population, the general expression is
P = ab^t
Using this for a = 3000 and b = 1.15, we can find the total population at midnight after starting at 2PM. That is a 10 hour period, so t = 10
P = (3000)*(1.15)^10
P = 12137
The answer is 3!!
This is because if you divide 3 by 3/5, you get 5.
Hope this helps!!
<span>Simplifying
17x2 + -12x = 0
Reorder the terms:
-12x + 17x2 = 0
Solving
-12x + 17x2 = 0
Solving for variable 'x'.
Factor out the Greatest Common Factor (GCF), 'x'.
x(-12 + 17x) = 0
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