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Question 1027042: a.Exponents are used in the real world in many different applications. Post and thoroughly explain a real world example where exponents are utilized.
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1. Computing the amount of interest a bank account pays with compound interest
2. Exponential decay (e.g. given a substance with some half-life)
3. Determining the runtime of an algorithm or if the problem is in complexity class P, NP, EXP, etc. (this is a little more on the theoretical computer science side, but it has many real-world applications)
4. Exponentiation is used to compute many other functions that have real-world applications, such as all trig functions.
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