I need help with a formula please. How to work it out

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I need help to understand how to work out this formula.

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** OD is Optical density, so the OD of S is 0.285 so i am assuming OD(s) = 0.285

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OD of S = 0.285
OD of P = 0.22
OD of N = 1.464

a = 2.5
b = -0.70

            OD(S) - OD(P)
SNc =  ---------------
            OD(N) - OD(P)

Formula:

Log(Titer) = a + b x Logit(SNc)
or
Titer = 10^(a + b x Logit(SNc))

What is the value of Titer?

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Step by step:
$$SNc = \frac {.285-.22}{1.464-.22}=.0522508...$$

Assuming the base of the $Logit$ function is $10$ then we are to compute: $$Titer=10^{a+bLogit(SNc)}=10^a\,10^{bLogit(SNc)}$$

But $$Logit(SNc)=Log_{10}\left(\frac {SNc}{1-SNc}\right)=Log_{10}(.055131467)$$ Hence $$Titer=10^{2.5}\,(0.055131467)^{-.7}=2404.475266...$$