Question

Ron is conducting an experiment on the growthof bacteria after a certain number of hours in apetri dish. The number of bacteria, a, graduallyincreases over 8 hours to an amount, b, severalhundred thousand times greater than a.Which of the following functions would best model the situation above?O A. logarithmicO B. absolute valueO C. stepO D. polynomialResetNext

Answer 1

Solution

We have a function that models the problem in the following way.

$N=a(b)^8$

Where,

a = number of bacteria initially.

b = growth of bacteria per hour.

8 = eight hours.

The final answer:

It is exponential but the inverse of exponential is LOGARITHMIC

Option A