For example, a linear scale disregards the fact that a $5 move is more substantial when the price of an asset is $10 than when the price of the asset is $50.

As an example, if an asset price has collapsed from $100 to $10 the distance between each dollar would be very small on a linear price scale, making it impossible to see a big move from $15 to $10 ...

Learn and revise scale to enlarge and reduce objects in size showing understanding of linear scale factor with BBC Bitesize 3rd level Maths.

On a linear scale, we know that four is twice as big as two and eight twice as big as four. This is what a casual observer of earthquake magnitude scales would expect: that an earthquake of 6.0 ...

In “When Should I Use Logarithmic Scales in My Charts and Graphs”, I showed the revenues of the top 60 Forbes 500 companies using both linear and logarithmic scales. The log scale spread out ...