Dr. Rodriguez does an experiment with bacteria. She starts with 100 bacteria and records the number of bacteria every hour after the experiment starts. Assume that the bacteria
growth continues in the pattern shown.
Bacteria Data
S
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0
2
3
number of hours (x)
A. How many bacteria will there be 5 hr after the experiment starts? Show your
work algebraically, and explain how you found your answer.
B. Write an exponential equation of the form ya. b to represent this situation
Explain why you chose the values of a and b that you did.
C. Using your equation from Part B. find how many bacteria there will be 8 hr after
the experiment starts. Show your work algebraically, and explain how you found
your answer
number of bacteria ()

Use the distributive law to multiply. 3(4x + 5y + 6)

Which value of m will create a system of parallel lines with no solution? y= mx - 6 8x - 4y = 12

An annual marathon covers a route that has a distance of approximately 26 miles. winning times for this marathon are all over 2 hours. the following data are the minutes over 2 hours for the winning male runners over two periods of 20 years each. earlier period 14 12 15 22 13 10 19 13 9 14 20 18 16 20 23 12 18 17 6 13 recent period 7 11 7 14 8 9 11 14 8 7 9 8 7 9 9 9 9 8 10 8 (a) make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the earlier period. use two lines per stem. (use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. enter none in any unused answer blanks. for more details, view how to split a stem.) minutes beyond 2 hours earlier period 0 1 2 (b) make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the recent period. use two lines per stem. (use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. enter none in any unused answer blanks.) minutes beyond 2 hours recent period (c) compare the two distributions. how many times under 15 minutes are in each distribution