You can take the log of the left and right hand side, and then apply the <span>logarithm rules:
log(a</span>ˣ) = x·log(a)
log(ab) = log(a) + log(b)
log(9^(x-1) * 2^(2x+2)) = log(6^(3x))
log(9^(x-1)) + log(2^(2x+2)) = 3x log(6)
(x-1) log(9) + (2x+2) log(2) - 3x log(6) = 0
x(log9 + 2log2 - 3log6) = log9 - 2log2
x = (log9 - 2log2) / (log9 + 2log2 - 3log6)
simplifying by writing log9 = 2log3 and log6 = log2+log3
x= 2(log3 - log2) / (2log3 + 2log2 - 3log2 - 3log3) =
x= -2(log3 - log2) / (log3 + log2) = -2 log(3/2) / log(6)
So 6^x = 4/9
Answer:
B. y = -2/3x + 12
Step-by-step explanation:
Formula to find the slope when given two points on a line:
<u>y</u><u>2</u><u> </u><u>-</u><u> </u><u>y</u><u>1</u>
x2 - x1
Substitute the two given points (6, 8) (9, 6):
<u>6</u><u> </u><u>-</u><u> </u><u>8</u>
9 - 6
Slope = -2/3x
We found the slope! And the answer choices already gave us one y-intercept, which is 12. The last thing we do is we form an equation with the information we solved and that was given to us.
y = slope (x) + y-intercept
y = -2/3x + 12
The answer choice that matches this equation is B.
In conclusion, the equation that best estimates the line of best fit shown above is answer choice B.
The answer is x= 1/5 or 0.2