The function models the number of bacteria in a petri dish, where represents the number of hours since the observation began. If is graphed in the -plane, which of the following is the best interpretation of the -intercept of the graph in this context?
The bacteria population increases by 8% every hour.
The number of bacteria after the first hour was 200.
The maximum number of bacteria the petri dish can hold is 200.
The initial number of bacteria when the observation began was 200.
