population of algal cells starts with 200 cells and triples every week. Data are collected for the first three months of the cell growth. When the first, second, third, and fourth differences are calculated from the data, what will be the relationship between the values in the differences columns?

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23. A population of algal cells starts with 200 cells and triples every week. Data are collected for the first three months of the cell growth. When the first, second, third, and fourth differences are calculated from the data, what will be the relationship between the values in the differences columns?

consecutive entries will be constant
consecutive entries will increase by a factor of 3
consecutive entries will decrease by a factor of 3
consecutive entries will increase by 3
Transcribed Image Text:consecutive entries will be constant consecutive entries will increase by a factor of 3 consecutive entries will decrease by a factor of 3 consecutive entries will increase by 3
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