Answer:
The number of hours it takes the culture to reach 12,000 bacteria is 41 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
To predict the number of hours it takes to culture a certain number of bacteria form a regression equation of number of hours (y) based on the number of bacteria (x) using the provided data.
The general form of the regression equation is:
[tex]y=a+bx[/tex]
Compute the values of a and b as follows:
[tex]a=\frac{\sum Y\cdot \sum X^{2}-\sumX\sum XY}{n\cdot\sum X^{2}-(\sum X)^{2}}=\frac{15\cdot 32109075-12565\cdot39860}{5\cdot 32109075-(12565)^{2}}=-7.203\\\\b=\frac{n\cdot \sum XY-\sumX\sum Y}{n\cdot\sum X^{2}-(\sum X)^{2}}=\frac{5\cdot 39860-12565\cdot15}{5\cdot 32109075-(12565)^{2}}=0.004[/tex]
*Use the Excel data sheet attached.
The regression equation of number of hours based on the number of bacteria is:
[tex]y=-7.203+0.004x[/tex]
Compute the number of hours it takes the culture to reach 12,000 bacteria as follows:
[tex]y=-7.203+0.004x[/tex]
[tex]=-7.203+(0.004\times12000)\\=-7.203+48\\=40.797\\\approx 41[/tex]
Thus, the number of hours it takes the culture to reach 12,000 bacteria is 41 hours.
