Which number below comes first when the numbers are listed from least to greatest? Explain. 22 16 -3, 817, - 4.5 7 5 ... Which number comes first when the numbers are listed from least to greatest? A. - 4.5 because it is the negative number with the greatest absolute value.
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 Choice A.

- 4.5 because it is the negative number with the greatest absolute value.

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Explanation:

Stuff to the left is smaller than stuff on the right for any number line.

For example, we can say 2 < 5 since 2 is to the left of 5.

Another example: -7 < 4

To find the smallest item of your given list, we need to look at the value that is furthest to the left. That value would be -4.5 and this value is negative with the largest absolute value (i.e. it is furthest away from 0).

Check out the number line diagram below. It shows where all of the values are placed. We can see that -4.5 is the left-most item.

linearly: 8560 bacteria

exponentially: approximately 75233 bacteria

step-by-step explanation:

assuming it is not exponential (we would have some really complicated logarithms), let's say it is linear. then, after 5 hours, it increased by 1200 bacteria, so every hour it increases by 240 bacteria. this means that after 19 hours, we get 19 * 240 + 4000 bacteria or 3800 + 760 + 4000 = 7800 + 760 = 8560 bacteria.

because it says round your answer, i will do this exponentially (with a calculator, of course). first, we need to find how much it multiplies by every hour, by taking the 5th root of 52/40 or 13/10. this is approximately 0.167. we still need to add 1 to this, because we are multiplying by that number, not adding that amount of the number. now, we just calculate 4000 * (1.167)^19. use a calculator to get approximately 75232.6, or 75233.