Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.5 - Exponential Growth and Decay; Modeling Data - Exercise Set - Page 508: 68

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An exponential model will show slow growth at the beginning and a rapid growth over time with no limit, while a logarithmic model will show a rapid growth at the beginning but will level off over time with a limit. Obviously, one would prefer an exponential model for the salary.
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