The accompanying table shows the number of bacteria present in a certain culture over a 5 hour period, where x is the time, in hours, and y is the number of
bacteria. Write an exponential regression equation for this set of data, rounding all
coefficients to the nearest hundredth. Using this equation, determine the number o
bacteria present after 13 hours, to the nearest whole number.
Hours (x) Bacteria (y)
0 1892
1
2106
2
2
2342
3
2525
4
2819
4
5
5
3042