Question

Have you ever seen a semi truck with a curved truck bed rather than a flat one? Why are most lenses curved? These are just a few examples in which we have real-world examples that make use of exponents and polynomials. Research common applications of exponents (don’t limit yourself to physics; check business, finance, and the medical world for examples, as well), and post what you find here. You may also post explanations of vocabulary found in this section, and explain why it is important. Be sure your posts are unique and not just repetitions of what someone else has already submitted.

Answer 1

We can see application of exponent in many field.

1. Suppose someone started a business in which people need to add 10 people under them. Suppose today is first day of bussines, their is only one person at 0 level of business. Now at 1st level he will add 10 people under him. Now at 2nd level each 10 people add another 10 people under them and become total of 100 people in business. Continuing in this way each people add 10 people under them. In this manner chain will increase.

2. Level	0	1	2	3
   Spread	1 +	10 +	100 +	1000
   Powers	100	101	102	103

   So on in this way we can conclude that

   Spread = 10level

2. population increase : if we have one person and they have 3 children, and then each of this children have 3 children and so on, we will get the following data, (population is increasing in a same manner)

Generation	0	1	2	3	4
Children	1	3	9	27	81
Power	30	31	32	33	34

Rule = 3^generation

3. Spread of virUses and diseases:

Viruses such as flus, and HIV AIDS can spread at exponential rate

4. Exponential decrease or decay:

There is also exponential decrease or Decay which will occur when we raise fraction to power(exponent). In this type of decrease things drop down reasonably fast at first, and then go slow and slow. Here

Decay	1/4	1/9	1/16	1/25	1/36	1/49	1/64
Power	1/22	1/32	1/42	1/52	1/62	1/72	1/82