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Coronavirus 2020: exponential growth (Copy)

This activity is derived from Martin Putzlocher's resource at https://www.geogebra.org/m/mcvm2mdx Students : Use the spreadsheet to input the data on number of confirmed cases against the number of days since the start of the initial Covid-19 cases are reported in your own country. Data should be available on the web at WHO . https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports Use the sliders "a" and "b" to try to fit the curve for the initial cases. Can you obtain the numbers for a and b? Read Tomas Pueyo's article at https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca Can you explain why the graph may not be expontial throughout ? (Higher order question) Download this file and modify accordingly and create your own model.