Question

why is the penalty associated with placing a fire department facility an example of an exponential function? explain your answer

Answer 1

Each building needs to have affective fire management and safety practices in place and so as to prevent fires and make a quick evacuation of the building in case of fire. So, each time the department sees that there is no fire safety standard in place, the penalty increases exponentially to a significantly large amount each time there is a lapse. The exponential increase in penalty is imposed since this affects people's lives and is of at-most importance and hence penalties are exponential.