The population of a bacteria colony grows by a consistent percentage each hour and can be modeled by the function y = 500(1.16)t. what does the value 500 represent in the function?
Emily convinced her mom to buy a giant box of her favorite cereal. her mom doesn't think the box will fit on their shelf. the volume of the box is 1000 cm^3 . the base of the box is 25 cm by 10 cm