What if x , y x,y axis becomes log?

Geometry Level 3

In the above graph, x x and y y are related as y = A x B y = Ax^B , where A A and B B are constants. Find A + B A+B .


The answer is 7.5.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
May 10, 2016

From the graph, when

log 4 x = 0 log 8 y = 1 x = 4 0 = 1 y = 8 8 = A ( 1 B ) A = 8 \begin{aligned} \log_4 x = 0 & \implies \log_8 y = 1 \\ x = 4^0 = 1 & \implies y = 8 \\ \implies 8 & = A (1^B) \\ \implies A & = 8 \end{aligned}

When

log 8 y = 0 log 4 x = 3 y = 1 x = 64 2 = 8 ( 6 4 B ) 0 = log 8 + B log 64 B = log 8 log 64 = 1 2 \begin{aligned} \log_8 y = 0 & \implies \log_4 x = 3 \\ y = 1 & \implies x = 64 \\ \implies 2 & = 8(64^B) \\ \implies 0 & = \log 8 + B \log 64 \\ B & = - \frac{\log 8}{\log 64} = - \frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}

A + B = 8 1 2 = 7.5 \implies A + B = 8 - \dfrac{1}{2} = \boxed{7.5}

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