At 11:26 AM -0800 11/15/08, Dick Hauser wrote:
On Nov 15, 2008, at 9:47 AM, John Howell wrote:
I thought exponential dealt with powers of 10 or some such thing
It sounds to me like your remembering logarithm. In this context,
exponential just means that the formula describing the line would
have at least one exponent. Like Y equals something squared.
You're exactly right! Goes back to my years using a slide rule.
(Anyone remember those?)
John
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