How can you use exponents in your daily life? and how can you take a picture of exponents being used in life?

Question

this is a math project and i am to take a picture of an exponent beign used and it can't be the numbers written down

Answer 1

Hmmm, interesting one.

If you go to a water park and take a look at the slides, you'll notice that they are all shaped like a curve. I figure, when they build it, they have to have some way of describing it. Exponential curve makes a good water slide!

Answer 2

An earthquake is measured on a scale based on exponents. A step up on the Richter scale is ten times the magnitude. So that would be one way to take a picture.

Another would be to take a picture of a round table. The area is only calculated when you square (^2) the radius.

Or take a picture of a cube where the volume is the side cubed (^3).

Also sound is measured on a decibel scale that is exponential. So take a picture of the volume knob of your stereo.

Also, the APR (annual percentage rate) on your car loan, or mortgage or credit card are all based on a formula that requires exponents, so take a picture of a credit card.

Answer 3

As exponents are used to compute compound interest, you could take a picture of a bank statement showing compound interest being credited to someone's bank account.

Or, sometimes at banks they have posters or boards showing the interest rates being paid on various bank accounts and Certificates of deposits. You could take a picture of a person pointing to the yield on an account that pays compound interest.

Answer 4

Exponents are all around you. Exponential models are used to model bacterial growth, compounded interest, population growth, and numerous other things.

Answer 5

I think bacteria growth is exponential. See if you can find a biology teacher to help you grow some.