does it juss refer to population? or can it be something else as well??
2007-11-13 13:47:14 · 3 answers · asked by Sunshine 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
does it have to be going up by the same increments for the linear and does it have to increase...for example....2..4..8..16...32..64...128...etc..for geometic for example...or can it be roughly like that... but not exactly?
2007-11-13 13:58:10 · update #1
Arithmetic growth can be described linearly, i.e., in the form y=mx+b where m is the growth rate and b is the y-intercept.
Geometric growth can be described by a 2nd (or higher) order equation.
It can apply to many things. Sales tax has arithmetic growth. Compound interest has geometric growth.
2007-11-13 13:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by DWRead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can refer to any type of incremental growth. The difference is that the pattern of arithmetic is by addition and geometric is by multiplication.
2007-11-13 13:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put very simply, arithmetic growth is linear.
Geometric growth is a curve, such as exponential.
2007-11-13 13:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋