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The vertical uprights on both sides of the number 8 mean to take the absolute value.

To get the absolute value of a number is really simple. If it negative, then make it positive by taking away the minus sign. If it positive, then do nothing.

Now we, -3 and 8 and of course the solution is '<' because -3 is less than 8.

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the red lines denote the population of the bacteria after 35 hours. that would be 2,409.24. the y-intercept is the blue line which is 800 because that is the starting point. the equation used to make the graph is 800(1.032)^h, where h is the number of hours.

step-by-step explanation:

the first option is the answer.