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There are lots of situations that are not modelled by exponential functions. A simple example is when something increases linearly. For example, assuming you have a fixed daily income, and save all of it, the amount of money you have is directly proportional to the number of days worked. No exponential function there, whatsoever.

There are lots of situations that are not modelled by exponential functions. A simple example is when something increases linearly. For example, assuming you have a fixed daily income, and save all of it, the amount of money you have is directly proportional to the number of days worked. No exponential function there, whatsoever.

There are lots of situations that are not modelled by exponential functions. A simple example is when something increases linearly. For example, assuming you have a fixed daily income, and save all of it, the amount of money you have is directly proportional to the number of days worked. No exponential function there, whatsoever.

There are lots of situations that are not modelled by exponential functions. A simple example is when something increases linearly. For example, assuming you have a fixed daily income, and save all of it, the amount of money you have is directly proportional to the number of days worked. No exponential function there, whatsoever.

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There are lots of situations that are not modelled by exponential functions. A simple example is when something increases linearly. For example, assuming you have a fixed daily income, and save all of it, the amount of money you have is directly proportional to the number of days worked. No exponential function there, whatsoever.

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