in a lab, a scientist is growing bacteria for a study. the scientist begins with a bacteria
population of b cells. she discovers that after 2 hours, the population of bacteria is
62 cells. if the population of the bacteria after these 2 hours is one million cells, what
was the population at the start? explain how you found your answer.

This activity will you meet these educational goals: mathematical practices-you will make sense of problems and solve them, reason abstractly and quantitatively, and usemathematics to model real-world situations.directionsread the instructions for this self-checked activity type in your response to each question, and check your answers. at theend of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work.