Can a graph have improportion axis?

Question

say the scale in the y axis goes up in 5's e.g (5,10,150 and the scale in the x axis goes up in 1's e.g (1,2,3)
is this ok ?

Answer 1

Of course, as long as you make it clear what the spacing between tick marks is equal to on each axis.

There are some functions that are best graphed on a log scale, for example, where each tick mark is different by a factor of 10, so 10, 100, 1000, etc.

The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale. Going from a level 1 on the Richter scale to a level 2 *actually* represents a TENfold increase in the amplitude of waves measured by a seismograph detecting tremors.

Answer 2

Yes, of course it is. It is often necessary when small changes in x cause great changes in y. If you did not use a different scale for y, you would have to have an enormous piece of paper. Logarithmic scales are often used to solve this problem.