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Answer 1

Can things in chemistry be things in the real world? ^_^ What things do you exhibit exponential growth?

Answer 2

~What things do you think exhibit exponential growth?

Answer 3

IT grows over time idkk

Answer 4

@toocutelizz
I'm so sorry - the messages never said that you had responded :/

Yes, it grows over time, but specifically, exponential growth fits the form

\[ y = a(1+r)^t\]

http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/ae7/expdecayl.htm

Exponential growth doesn't just get bigger - it gets bigger and bigger faster and faster! The more you have, the faster it grows!

Things in the real world that show exponential growth are the increase in computer processing speed (Moore's Law) or even just basic cellular division - if one cell splits into to, then those two split into 4, and those 4 split into 8, then 16, 32, 64, etc... They keep getting bigger faster ^_^

Exponential decay also involves exponents, but to a negative number

\[ y=b(1-r)^t\]

Where the thing you're looking at starts out large, and then gets smaller and smaller. In chemistry, exponential decay is used to find the half life of radioactive elements. The rates of rates of chemical processes are also modeled by exponential decay.

Again, sorry for the lack of response! Hope this helps ^_^

Answer 5

it's okay thanks alot

Answer 6

welcome ^^

Answer 7

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