Discussion
A cost escalating with inflation at 6 per cent a year is modelled as
Answer: A
Correct answer: a geometric gradient
A cost rising by a constant percentage forms a geometric series, each term a fixed multiple of the last. An arithmetic gradient rises by a constant amount instead, and the two behave quite differently over a long horizon - the geometric form compounds while the arithmetic one does not.
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