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Homework Statement
Given this data:
hours / value
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2 | 1.6
4 | 1.5
6 | 1.45
8 | 1.42
10 | 1.38
12 | 1.36
fit a curve of the form Y ≈ [itex]ae^{-bx}[/itex]
What value can you predict after 15 hours?
The Attempt at a Solution
So i can rewrite the equation as Y ≈ log(a)-bx by taking the logarithm of the original equation.
How do i go about doing a least squares approximation of this? Our lecture notes have no examples that actually show how we are supposed to compute these coefficients.