I don't understand the problem: Do you mean that given either
"a" or "b", solve for the other? Otherwise, I don't see an unknown in
the problem statement.
Further, do you mean that "exp( ln(a) ) - exp( ln(0.1) + ln(b) )
= 0"?
Or equivalently, "exp( ln(a) ) = exp( ln(0.1) + ln(b) )"?
If given either "a" or "b" you want to solve for the other in
this last expression? If yes, note that since exp is monotonic, the
equation above is true if and only if
ln(a) = ln(0.1) + ln(b).
Given "b" -- or ln(b) -- you can solve this for "a". ???
hope this helps.
Spencer Graves
On 2/4/2013 10:58 AM, Rui Barradas wrote:
Sorry, it should be:
Divide both terms by exp(log(0.1) + log.b) to give
tmp1 <- exp(log.a - log(0.1) - log.b) - 1
result <- tmp1 * exp(log(0.1) + log.b)
Rui Barradas
Em 04-02-2013 18:53, Rui Barradas escreveu:
Hello,
Use a simple transfomation. Divide both t
log.a <- 1347
log.b <- 1351
tmp1 <- exp(log.a - log(0.1) - log.b) - 1
result <- tmp1 * exp(0.1 + log.b) # -Inf
Using base 10, the result would be
-4.405386507*10^585
a number too large for R. See the help page ?.Machine
Hope this helps,
Rui Barradas
Em 04-02-2013 15:11, francesca casalino escreveu:
Dear R experts,
I have the logarithms of 2 values:
log(a) = 1347
log(b) = 1351
And I am trying to solve this expression:
exp( ln(a) ) - exp( ln(0.1) + ln(b) )
But of course every time I try to exponentiate the log(a) or log(b)
values I get Inf. Are there any tricks I can use to get a real result
for exp( ln(a) ) - exp( ln(0.1) + ln(b) ), either in logarithm or
exponential form?
Thank you very much for the help
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