It’s time for us all to understand the Exponential Function. One of the hallmarks of COVID-19 is its exponential nature, with numbers of infected currently doubling about every 4 days in the US ...

So, how do you tell if something is exponential? You could use a computer to fit an exponential function to the data and measure how well it fits.

Exponential growth is a pattern of data that shows greater increases with passing time, creating the curve of an exponential function.