In an experiment, a petri dish with a colony of bacteria is exposed to cold temperatures and then warmed again.

time (hours) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
population (1000s) 5.1 3.03 1.72 1.17 1.38 2.35 4.08

a. find a quadratic model for the data in the table. type your answer below.

b. use the model to estimate the population of bacteria at 9 hours. type your answer below.

atomic number of carbon is 6

electronic configuration of carbon is 1s²2s²2p²

orbital diagram of c is as shown here in the image.

the number of valence electrons for each molecule or ion is shown beneath the structure. remember hydrogen will not have more than two electrons. this hydrogen is part of a covalent bond (sharing two electrons). a double bond here would cause hydrogen to share four electrons with phosphorus.