A scientist begins an experiment with a petri dish containing a culture of bacteria cells and records the cell growth every hour. At 1 hour, the bacteria had grown to 880 cells, and at 2 hours, had grown to 3,520 cells. Which function can be used to represent the relationship between the number of bacteria cells, y, and the time in hours, x?

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Dudley

9 August, 16:08

A scientist begins an experiment with a petri dish containing a culture of bacteria cells and records the cell growth every hour. At 1 hour, the bacteria had grown to 880 cells, and at 2 hours, had grown to 3,520 cells. Which function can be used to represent the relationship between the number of bacteria cells, y, and the time in hours, x?

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Harley Cummings · Answer 1

A scientist begins an experiment with a petri dish containing a culture of bacteria cells and records the cell growth every hour. At 1 hour, the bacteria had grown to 880 cells, and at 2 hours, had grown to 3,520 cells. Which function can be used to represent the relationship between the number of bacteria cells, y, and the time in hours, x?

y = 4 x

y = 220 (4) x

y = 880 (4) x

y = 880 (0.25) x