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How To Fit An Exponential Curve?: Procedure and Step by Step Calculation With Example II
How To Fit An Exponential Curve?: Procedure and Step by Step Calculation With Example II
Example:
Fit an exponential curve Y a X b to data given below:
X Y
1 2.98
2 4.26
3 5.21
4 6.10
5 6.80
6 7.50
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Transformation of given equation
Non-linear form Linear form
b
Y aX
How …. ?
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Now it is linear form …
Y A bX
1st normal equation: 2nd normal equation:
(Apply on both sides) (Multiply with X and then
Apply on both sides)
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Required Calculation
(Log X)*(Log Y)
X Y Log Y Log X (Log X)^2
1 2.98 2.98 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
2 4.26 4.26 0.3010 0.0906 0.1895
3 5.21 5.21 0.4771 0.2276 0.3420
4 6.10 6.10 0.6021 0.3625 0.4728
5 6.80 6.80 0.6990 0.4886 0.5819
6 7.50 7.50 0.7782 0.6055 0.6809
Total - 4.3133 2.8574 1.7749 2.2672
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Solving Normal Eqs…find b
Y nA bX
X Y AX b X
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Putting “b” … get value of “A”
Now we put the value of b = 0.515 in Eq1 and solve as
Y nA bX
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Converting back …
A log a
a anti log( A)
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How to Use Windows Calculator
• For Anti – log • For log
– Write value – Write value
– Then Press – Then Press
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Hence the fitted equation becomes…
b
Y aX
Y
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Recap
Solve Normal
Final Equation Converted back Eqs and Do Table
Calculations
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