Aculture started with 5,000 bacteria. after 2 hours, it grew to 6,500 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 18 hours. round your answer to the nearest whole number.

This can be expressed as exponential growth of the form:

f=ir^t, f=final amount, i=initial amount, r=common ratio (rate), t=time

In this case we are given the point (2, 6500) and i=5000 so we can solve for the rate...

6500=5000r^2  divide both sides by 5000

1.3=r^2  take the square root of both sides and note that we know r>0

r=1.3^(1/2) so our equation becomes:

f=5000(1.3)^(1/2)^t  and knowing that (a^b)^c=a^(b*c) we can say:

f=5000(1.3)^(t/2)  so for t=18

f=5000(1.3)^9

f≈53022  (to nearest whole bacteria)

Intersecting secant-tangent theorem states that if a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then the square of the measure of the tangent segment is equal to the product of the measures of the secant segment and its external secant segment.so to break it down: 1. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p.sr = 21rp = 3x + 3pq = 4x + 4following to equation: tangent squared = the two segments multiplied by each otherso (4x + 4) ^ 2 = (3x + 3) • (21) simplifies to 16x^2 - 31x - 47 = 0 or (16x - 47)(x + 1) x = -1 or x = 47/162. pq acts as the tangent and ps as the secant with an intersection at p (again! )sr = 16rp = xpq = 15(15) ^ 2 = 16 • x225 = 16xx = 225/163. the interesting chords are proportional to each other so a ratio is possible to set up: ap dp 10 3 + x = = —— = pc pb 8 xcross multiple to get 10x = (3 + x)(8)x = 12

The answer is 225 miles per 4.5 hours. hope this ; )