Tutoring math, the Richter scale comes up. The tutor gives some quick ideas about it. The following is by my understanding. The Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning non-linear. In fact, every whole-number increase in it means 10x stronger. So, a …
The tutor points out how to convert an exponential function mx to ekx. Often, when thinking of an exponential function, one might imagine the form y=e^(kx) However, y=m^x is also exponential, since the independent variable is the exponent. How do …
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