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In an experiment, a petri dish with a colony of bacteria is exposed to cold temperatures and then warmed again. a. Find a quadratic model for the data in the table. b. Use the model to estimate the population of bacteria at 9 hours.

Time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Population (1000s) 5.1 3.03 1.72 1.17 1.38 2.35 4.08

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Please help!!!!

In an experiment, a petri dish with a colony of bacteria is exposed to cold temperatures and then warmed again. a. Find a quadratic model for the data in the table. b. Use the model to estimate the population of bacteria at 9 hours. 

Time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Population (1000s) 5.1 3.03 1.72 1.17 1.38 2.35 4.08

superflytyguy · Answer

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directrix · Answer

Somebody started the problem here. You can see the development of the equations. http://openstudy.com/updates/5098a783e4b02ec0829c8e84 @niravshah08 At this link is what may be the same problem. See what you think. http://staff.bbhcsd.org/bradacm/files/2013/10/Enriched-alg-2-trig-unit-2-test-review-key.pdf