A scientist is growing bacteria in a petri dish. The scatter plot below shows the number of bacteria in the dish over time.

400
350
300
Number of Bacteria 200 150
100
50
9
Time (days)
10
11 12
If this growth trend continues, approximately how many bacteria would be in the petri dish on
day 10?

75

175

275

375

1 answer

Approximately 275 bacteria would be in the petri dish on day 10.