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A scientist collects data on bacteria in a petri dish. She finds that the number of bacteria grows exponentially and can be modeled using the equation y = 16 · 1.8^x
, where x is the number of hours after she sets up the experiment and y is the number of bacteria in the dish.

Complete the sentences to describe the model.

The scientist started with around ( ) bacteria in the petri dish.

Each hour the number of bacteria increases by about ( )%.