Growth/Log Projects
Online Math 124: Math for Liberal Arts
Suzanne Miller, DVC Instructor


Exponential Growth Project
A quantity is growing exponentially if it grows by a fixed percentage of the whole in a fixed time period.
Here are data for the number of websites by year:
Make a graph of the growth Use the years 1990 and 1995 to make a prediction about 1997 and compare it to the actual number.

Logarithmic Projects
Visit the Virtual Earthquake Lab and complete one analysis. Write a paper with the following:
Describe a p-wave and an s-wave.
Compare the forces of a of a 4.1 magnitude earthquake to a 5.1 magnitude earthquake
Go to the Virtual Earthquake Lab

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