SOLUTION: what could be a real life example of a exponential function?

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Question 545879: what could be a real life example of a exponential function?
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Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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The growth of bacteria is a good example of exponential function
1 to 2 in 1 day
2 to 4 in 2 days
4 to 8 in 3 days
the numbers are ^time
Fruit flies multiplying with time is another example

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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The charging or discharging of a capacitor.
Charging is a + exponent, discharging is negative.