SOLUTION: Can you create an example of a real world problem which includes a quantity that grows or decays at a fixed rate? Also then solve by using logarithms.

Question 1039785: Can you create an example of a real world problem which includes a quantity that grows or decays at a fixed rate? Also then solve by using logarithms.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can you create an example of a real world problem which includes a quantity that grows or decays at a fixed rate? Also then solve by using logarithms.
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There are a lot of examples on this site.
Continuously compounded interest.
Bacterial growth.
Fission decay.
Look some of those up.

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