The expression below represents the number of bacteria in a petri dish after t hours. interpret the meaning of the expression.

The answer is B) The initial number of bacteria is 57, and the growth rate is 31% per hour.

The expression shown is an exponential expression.  An exponential expression usually takes the form , as this one does.  A represents the initial value, in this case-the initial number of bacteria.  B represents the growth rate.  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

a the answer hopes this

step-by-step explanation:

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.