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A researcher plots the population of a bacterial colony (in thousands) versus time (in hours) and fits both a linear model ลท = 3.2x + 1.4 and an exponential model ลท = 1.4(2.1)^x. At hour 5, the linear model predicts 17,400 bacteria and the exponential model predicts 52,600. The actual count at hour 5 is 51,800. Which conclusion is best supported?

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