Question

Mr. Copeland grows bacteria in a lab. The initial number of bacteria in a petri dish is

10. The number of bacteria doubles every hour.
Mr. Copeland makes a sketch of the graph of the situation. He labels the axes, the
point containing the y-intercept, and the point representing the number of bacteria
after 8 days.
What is the point at the y-intercept??

Answer 1

The point at the y-intercept is (0,10), where 0 represents the time in hours and 10 represents the initial number of bacteria in the petri dish