Find D: [(A - D)^P] / [(B - D)^R] = (C - D)^(P - R)

[Raisintoe]

How do I get D by itself? This one's got me baffled

[(A - D)^P] / [(B - D)^R] = (C - D)^(P - R)

 

[SteamKing]

How do I get D by itself? This one's got me baffled

[(A - D)^P] / [(B - D)^R] = (C - D)^(P - R)

Take a lotta logs and see if anything shakes out.

 

[Raisintoe]

Take a lotta logs and see if anything shakes out.

Ha ha ha! I've been to the bathroom enough times while trying to figure this out.

 

[Raisintoe]

I have been trying to come up with a definition for Pascal's Triangle so that I can create a general way to solve for unknown exponents. All that I've been able to come up with so far is (1 - N + (N^2 - N)/2 - [1/2∑(n=2 to N) N(N - 2n + 1) + n(n - 1)] . . . ) for Pascal's Triangle of Coeficients

 

[SteamKing]

I have been trying to come up with a definition for Pascal's Triangle so that I can create a general way to solve for unknown exponents. All that I've been able to come up with so far is (1 - N + (N^2 - N)/2 - [1/2∑(n=2 to N) N(N - 2n + 1) + n(n - 1)] . . . ) for Pascal's Triangle of Coeficients

Unknown exponents of what?

 

[Raisintoe]

Unknown exponents of what?

My exponents, P and R

 

[fresh_42]

Basically you have x^r * y^(p-r) = 1. Without knowing anything about r and p it'll going to be hard. Are you dealing with economic indexes?

 

[Raisintoe]

Basically you have x^r * y^(p-r) = 1. Without knowing anything about r and p it'll going to be hard. Are you dealing with economic indexes?

I don't know what economic indexes are, but I am trying to solve for two unknowns in the common equation: V(t) = Vf + (Vi - Vf)*e^(-t/T) where Vf and T are unknown. I am trying to fit this curve to data points that I have collected.

 

[SteamKing]

I don't know what economic indexes are, but I am trying to solve for two unknowns in the common equation: V(t) = Vf + (Vi - Vf)*e^(-t/T) where Vf and T are unknown. I am trying to fit this curve to data points that I have collected.

That's a completely different equation than what you had in the OP.

 

[Raisintoe]

That's a completely different equation than what you had in the OP.

I want to fit the curve to three points, one point gives my Vi, the other two are my different V(t)s. I simplified to get: T = -t/[ln((V(t) - Vf)/(Hi - Hf))]. Now I can set two equations equal to each other: -ta/[ln((V(ta) - Vf)/(Hi - Hf))] = -tb/[ln((V(tb) - Vf)/(Hi - Hf))].
This simplified to [(H(ta) - Hf)/(Hi - Hf)]^tb = [(H(tb) - Hf)/(Hi - Hf)]^ta. Then [(H(ta) - Hf)^tb]/[(H(tb) - Hf)^ta] = (Hi - Hf)^(tb-ta)

 

[WWGD]

I have been trying to come up with a definition for Pascal's Triangle so that I can create a general way to solve for unknown exponents. All that I've been able to come up with so far is (1 - N + (N^2 - N)/2 - [1/2∑(n=2 to N) N(N - 2n + 1) + n(n - 1)] . . . ) for Pascal's Triangle of Coeficients

It would help if you could Tex this, making it easier to read.