Is an order of magnitude simply 10x bigger or smaller and 2 orders of magnitude simply 100x bigger or smaller. If this is correct why not simply say 10x or 100x bigger/smaller?
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Some examples:
* An order of magnitude larger than 7, would mean it could be any value between 10-99
* From 2,500, will range between 10,000 and 99,000
* Technically, if you reduce something from 1100 down to 900 you’ve decreased by an order of magnitude
It’s most helpful in situations with geometric growth (exponential growth, logarithmic growth). [Moore’s law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law) could be very easily restated that over X period of time it will increase by an order of magnitude
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