express log-log relationship as an exponential relationship

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I have several log(y) ~ a + b * log(x) models that I want to express as exponential relationships. I know this involves an expoential transformation, but how do I solve it?

Example:

Step 1: log(y) ~ 2 + 3 * log(x)

Step 2: exp(log(y)) ~ exp(2 + 3 * log(x))

Step 3: exp(log(y)) ~ exp(2) + exp(3 * log(x))

what comes next for the exp(3 * log(x)) part?

I'm using a natural logarithm.

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Some logarithm properties to have in mind

  • $\log(ab)=\log a+\log b$
  • $\log({a\over b})=\log a -\log b$
  • $\log a^b = b \log a $
  • $loge^a=a$

(NOTE: when i write $\log $ I am referring to the natural logarithm a.k.a $\ln , \log_e$ also $e^a=\exp(a)$)

back to your example

You were almost there !

$\log(y)=2+3\log(x) \implies e^{\log(y)}=e^{2+3\log(x)} \implies y=e^2 \cdot e^{3\log(x)} \implies y=e^2 \cdot e^{\log(x^3)} \implies y=e^2 \cdot x^3$

(also note that $e^{a+b} = e^a \cdot e^b $)

EDIT

after a bit of playing around with equations of the form $\log(y)=a+b \cdot \log(c) $ we can see the following

$\log(y)=a+b \cdot \log(c) \implies \log(y)=\log e^a + \log(c^b) \implies \log(y)=\log(e^a \cdot c^b) $

$\implies e^{\log(y)}=e^{\log(e^a \cdot c^b)} \implies y= e^a \cdot c^b$

and that is the general simplified form of those types of expressions in terms of $y$. Although I would not recommend just taking this and substituting in you $a,b,c$ values especially if you are still not really comfortable with those types of problems