A culture of bacteria has an initial population of 330 bacteria and doubles every 8 hours.
what is the population of bacteria in the culture after 17 hours,
to the nearest whole number?

(50 ) mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.

2. (09.01 lc) a function is shown in the table. x g(x) −3 17 −1 −3 0 −4 2 13 which of the following is a true statement for this function? (5 points) the function is increasing from x = −3 to x = −1. the function is increasing from x = −1 to x = 0. the function is decreasing from x = 0 to x = 2. the function is decreasing from x = −3 to x = −1.

Astrid spent $36 on new shoes. this was $12 less than twice what she spent on a new skirt. part a: which equation would solve for how much she spent on the skirt? part b: solve the equation in the workspace provided below. how much did astrid spend on her skirt?