SOLUTION: f(x)=a×b^x has the property that f(3)=12 and f(6)=5. Find a and b.

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Question 1148727: f(x)=a×b^x has the property that f(3)=12 and f(6)=5. Find a and b.
Answer by greenestamps(13206)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Get two equations in a and b using the two given points.

(1)
(2)

Divide the second equation by the first; that eliminates a to give you an equation you can solve for b:




Use that in the first equation to find a:




ANSWERS:
a = 144/5
b = (5/12)^(1/3)


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