How are the least squares estimates found for y=ax+bsinx?

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If y = ax + bsinx, how may the least square estimates of a and b be found? Please advise!
 
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Hey peripatein.

For this, you need to create another variable for sin(x) where z = sin(x) and do a regression on the model:

y = ax + bz + e
 

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