SOLUTION: how do you find a and b in y = ax^b
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Question 762400: how do you find a and b in y = ax^b
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
To solve for "a"
y = ax^b
First we divide both sides by x^b to get:
y/x^b = a
Solve for b we use log:
Log(ax)y=b
Make sense?
RJ
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