
1-11 Real-life applications
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11 1-11 Real-life applications
- Doubling growth: a colony doubling every hour after n hours is 2ⁿ times the initial count; set the ratio equal to a power of 2 and solve for n.
- Area and volume: a square of side 3ᵏ has area 3²ᵏ, a cube of side 2ᵏ has volume 2³ᵏ — compare with the laws, not with arithmetic multiplication.
- Attenuation: a quantity halving each period is (½)ⁿ of its original value.
- Always state the unit and reject a non-integer or negative value of n when the situation is a count of periods.
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