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Old 06-18-2008, 02:21 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Pirate Bill View Post
That's way more complicated than just a pretty picture showing the plot of each equation on one graph, but I think it satisfies the burden of proof.
And also a slightly more formal way of saying "linear growth vs. exponential growth," got it. I think that's good enough for me.

But where do you get y2'=y2? Isn't the derivative of 10^x=10^x ln (10)? (too brain fried to figure out how the "x-1" affects that)
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