3) A population of single-celled organisms was grown in a Petri dish over a period of 16 hours. The number of
organisms at a given time is recorded in the table below. Determine the exponential regression equation model
for these data, rounding all values to the nearest hundredth Using this equation, predict the number of single-
celled organisms, to the nearest whole number, at the end of the 18th hour.
Time, hrs
(x)
Number of Organisms
(y)
0
25
2
36
4
52
6
68
8
85
10
104
12
142
16
260