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Which function grows faster? Twelve bacteria are placed into a petri dish. The number of bacteria doubles every thirty minutes. or y = 8x + 29
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Which function grows faster?

Twelve bacteria are placed into a petri dish. The
number of bacteria doubles every thirty minutes.
or
y = 8x + 29

User Ghanshyam Nakiya
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y= 12x + 30 and y= 8x + 29. its y= 12x + 30 for the word equation or it might be Y= 30x + 12 either way the word equation ROC is larger so it grows faster
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