Chapter 17, Problem 13P

An investigator has reported the data tabulated below. It is known that such data can be modeled by the following equation

$x=e^{\left(y-b\right)/a}$

where a and b are parameters. Use a transformation to linearize this equation and then employ linear regression to determine a and b. Based on your analysis predict y at $x=2.6$.

x	1	2	3	4	5
y	0.5	2	2.9	3.5	4