ENGR 351 Numerical Methods
College of Engineering
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Quiz

Given the following data and graphs, determine the coefficients a and b for the power equation

Y = aXb

x

y

ln x

ln y

0.05

0.4

-2.99573

-0.91629

0.8

0.7

-0.22314

-0.35667

2

0.8

0.693147

-0.22314

2.4

0.85

0.875469

-0.16252