Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children

MICRO-ECONOMICS

Good morning! Today you are starting your first job as a young biologist trainee. You will be studying how microbes grow. Under your microscope, bacteria and other microorganisms thrive. You’re surprised at how rapidly they grow. Curious, you learn the mathematical principle that explains this. It’s called exponential

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