SteamKing said:Funny how the axes don't use evenly spaced divisions. I wonder why?
No, it's not semi-log. It is log-log. Both axes are logarithmically scaled.mri44 said:It is a semi Log graph.
Dickfore said:ok, your plot is semi-log, with the x-axis being a log scale and the y-axis being a linear scale, and the graph looks like a straight line. This means that your general equation is:
<br /> y = a + b \, \log{x}<br />
where the \log is in whatever base you like (I would say decade), but the coefficient b depends on your choice for a base. Then, you can use the method of least squares to get the points.
HallsofIvy said:Whatever the scale, that graph is a straight line so its equation is linear: y= ax+ b.
If it is in fact "log-log", and we call the vertical axis variable "V" and the horizontal axis variable "U", then the equation is log(V)= a(log(U))+ b. Take any two points on the graph and put their values into that equation. That gives two linear equations for a and b.
Taking the exponential of both sides, that equation becomes
e^{log(V)}= e^{alog(U)+ b}= e^{alog(U)}e^b= (e^b)(e^{log(U)})^a
or
V= (e^b)U^a