Common examples of exponential growth in real-life scenarios include the growth of cells, the returns from compounding interest from an investment, and the spread of a disease during a pandemic.

This is an example of an exponential graph in the form \(y = k^x\). Graphs in the form of \(y = k^x\) increase in value. Solving problems with exponential growth.

For example, in the right hand graph of Figure 2 is a population of Paramecium growing in a laboratory culture. The pattern of growth is very close to the pattern of the exponential equation.

This is an example of an exponential graph in the form \(y = k^x\). Graphs in the form of \(y = k^x\) increase in value. Solving problems with exponential growth.