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Uncommon card · History
Exponential growth, an Uncommon card
Exponential growth occurs when a quantity grows as an exponential function of time.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 53
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 95,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Exponential growth quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Exponential growth card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ grows at a rate directly proportional to its present size.
Answer
quantity. The quantity grows at a rate directly proportional to its present size. From the Exponential growth article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Navy. Navy 73 · Greek cruiser Georgios Averof 70 · Exponential growth 67 · Fotheringhay Castle 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The quantity grows at a rate directly proportional to its present size.
- For example, when it is 3 times as big as it is now, it will be growing 3 times as fast as it is now.
- In more technical language, its instantaneous rate of change of a quantity with respect to an independent variable is proportional to the quantity itself.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Exponential growth article was read about 95,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 53: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get Exponential growth
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Exponential growth in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Ram Prasad BismilUncommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 53
- Will and testamentUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 49
- Fotheringhay CastleUncommon · History · ATK 63 DEF 57
- FuxiUncommon · Arts · ATK 60 DEF 60
- Chūbu regionUncommon · Nature · ATK 66 DEF 54
- Sergey BubkaUncommon · History · ATK 71 DEF 49
Card lists
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- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Exponential growth (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Exponential.png : Lunkwill / derivative work: McSush, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
