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Maybe you can explain it for the ignorant masses in terms we would understand? :D

• sanderjd 10y ago
  It's the difference between x^2 (quadratic) and 2^x (exponential). Plug in some increasingly large values for x and you'll see how different they are.
• distortedsignal 10y ago
  Linear: n * x^1 Quadratic: n * x^2 Exponential: x^n In all cases, x is assumed to be a variable, and n should be assumed to be a constant > 1. If you pick the same value for n and put these functions into El goog, the answer should become fairly clear.
  • Dylan16807 10y ago
    That's not right at all. Exponential is constant^x. Also you can put "n *" in front of all of them if you want, but multiplying by a constant is usually omitted because it doesn't affect the shape of the graph.
  • aetherson 10y ago
    That's not correct, exponential should, in your example, be n^x, not x^n.