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.