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>"it grows exponentially"
>it actually doesn't grow exponentially

>> No.15624290

>>15624282
my dick grows exponentially when I see a cute woman

>> No.15624318
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>>15624282
>normalfag says something grows exponentially
>ask if it is exponential or just really fast
>he doesn't understand
>explain the difference between exponential and non-exponential growth
>he still doesn't get it
>pull out printed graphs out of my wallet to show the difference
>he laughs and says "it's a fast growth rate sir"
>lookup the graph
>it's polynomial

>> No.15624321

>>15624318
>Exponential
>A word that makes sense.

Pick one.

>> No.15624323

>>15624318
You mean (x^(2/x))^x? Looks pretty exponential to me.

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>>15624282
>number x is exponentially bigger thsn number y

>> No.15624332

>"quantum leap"
>the leap is actually quite large and not discrete

>> No.15624340

>>15624329
I am going to hax0r u

>> No.15624343

>>15624318
>pull out printed graphs out of my wallet
Asking to be bullied by Chad.

>> No.15624368

>>15624282
if something grows 5% per year, it is exponential growth

>> No.15624541

>"it grows exponentially"
>its just quadratic/polynomial growth
):<

>> No.15624558

>>15624343
>you fool, i came prepared
>shitty guitar riffs plucked right out of 1995 fill the air
>"look at this graph"
idunno, that's a pretty chad move right there

>> No.15624651

>>15624282
>says exponential
>means big/fast
>says literal
>statement isn’t literal
>says legitimate
>referring to being serious

>> No.15626011

>explaining the parabola to a friend of mine
>"... so you should draw it like this, you see it grows fast"
>another friend studying biology was there
>"Yeah, it grows exponentially"
>"It actually grows quadratically"
>biology student laughs like I made some sort of nerd joke

>> No.15626014

>>15624321
This.

Now where'd I leave that God damn bootel

>> No.15626027

I'll say linear things grow exponentially (technically true) just to trigger OP

>> No.15626087

>>15624282
1 is a valid exponent

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>>15624282
ackjhsutually it's uhhhhhhh quadratic lol

>> No.15627345

>>15624318
He obviously meant its exponential after a certain point

>> No.15627360

>>15624282
>it's exponential
>is actually logistic

>> No.15627394

Why doesn't anybody ever talk about geometric growth anymore?

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>>15624282
>"it grows exponentially"
>there's two data points