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A scientist is observing a particular species of bacteria growing in a petri dish. The number of bacteria can be represented by the function n(t)=50(1.2)t
, where n is the number of bacteria after t hours.

When graphing this situation, which quadrant is it graphed in?

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Quadrant I

Quadrant II

Quadrant III

Quadrant IV

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Quadrant I.

Reason: time t ≥ 0 (x ≥ 0) and n(t) = 50(1.2)^t > 0, so the graph lies where x and y are positive.