Write the Word or Phrase That Best Completes Each Statement $\mathrm { A } = 150 \cdot 1.79 ^ { \mathrm { t } }$

Short Answer

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
-A biologist has a bacteria sample. She records the amount of bacteria every week for 8 weeks and finds that the exponential function of best fit to the data is $\mathrm { A } = 150 \cdot 1.79 ^ { \mathrm { t } }$ . Express the function of best fit in the form
$$A = A _ { 0 } e ^ { k t } \text {. }$$