The tables show functions representing the growth of two types of bacteria on certain days within an experiment that lasted a total of 10 days.

how do the functions in the table compare?

since x-intercepts indicate the amount of each bacteria at the start of the experiment, there was more of bacteria b than bacteria a at the start.
since y-intercepts indicate the amount of each bacteria at the start of the experiment, there was more of bacteria b than bacteria a at the start.
since the maximum value in the table for bacteria a is greater than the maximum value in the table for bacteria b, bacteria a has a faster growth rate than bacteria b.
since the minimum value in the table for bacteria a is less than the minimum value in the table for bacteria b, bacteria a has a slower growth rate than bacteria b.