The population of a certain kind of bacteria doubles in size every 3 minutes. The current number of bacteria in the population, N, is equal to the product of the initial number of bacteria, I, and 2 to the power of n, where n is the number of times the population has doubled.

Initially, 553,753 bacteria are in a petri dish. How many bacteria are in the petri dish after 9 minutes?
A.
3,322,518
B.
8,860,048
C.
2,215,012
D.
4,430,024

Data for the height of a model rocket launch in the air over time are shown in the table. darryl predicted that the height of the rocket at 8 seconds would be about 93 meters. did darryl make a good prediction? yes, the data are best modeled by a quadratic function. the value of the function at 8 seconds is about 93 meters. yes, the data are best modeled by a linear function. the first differences are constant, so about 93 meters at 8 seconds is reasonable. no, the data are exponential. a better prediction is 150 meters. no, the data are best modeled by a cubic function. a better prediction is 100 meters.