Help!! Please! Its algebra!!

y - 7 = -4 ( x -2 )

Step-by-step explanation:

just use the given informations:

The base formula:

y - y(1) = m ( x -x(1) )

remember that "m" typically refers to the slope of a line

There is a given set of points on the line: (2, 7)

hence just plug in the numbers:

x(1) = 2

y(1) = 7

m = -4

and you get

y - 7 = -4 ( x -2 )

linearly: 8560 bacteria

exponentially: approximately 75233 bacteria

step-by-step explanation:

assuming it is not exponential (we would have some really complicated logarithms), let's say it is linear. then, after 5 hours, it increased by 1200 bacteria, so every hour it increases by 240 bacteria. this means that after 19 hours, we get 19 * 240 + 4000 bacteria or 3800 + 760 + 4000 = 7800 + 760 = 8560 bacteria.

because it says round your answer, i will do this exponentially (with a calculator, of course). first, we need to find how much it multiplies by every hour, by taking the 5th root of 52/40 or 13/10. this is approximately 0.167. we still need to add 1 to this, because we are multiplying by that number, not adding that amount of the number. now, we just calculate 4000 * (1.167)^19. use a calculator to get approximately 75232.6, or 75233.