A rare bacterial culture is being grown in a lab. As time passes, the cells multiply in a specific pattern.
After 1 day, there is only 1 cell.
After 2 days, there are 8 cells.
After 3 days, there are 18 cells.
After 4 days, there are 31 cells.
How many cells will there be after seven days?

Each cookie sells for $0.50 sam spent $90 on baking supplies and each cookie cost $0.25 to make how many cookies does sam need to sell before making a profit formula: sales> cost

A. plot the data for the functions f(x) and g(x) on a grid and connect the points. x -2 -1 0 1 2 f(x) 1/9 1/3 1 3 9 x -2 -1 0 1 2 g(x) -4 -2 0 2 4 b. which function could be described as exponential and which as linear? explain. c. if the functions continue with the same pattern, will the function values ever be equal? if so, give estimates for the value of x that will make the function values equals. if not, explain why the function values will never be equal.

On #16 : explain how factoring a trinomial, ax^2+ bx+ c, when a does not equal 1 different from factoring a trinomial when a = 1.