We are given:
aᵇ = bᵃ
b = 2a
Finding (a+b):
Finding a:
replacing b by 2a in the first equation, we get:
(a²)ᵃ = (2a)ᵃ
(a²)ᵃ = 2ᵃ * aᵃ
a²ᵃ / aᵃ = 2ᵃ [dividing both sides by aᵃ]
aᵃ = 2ᵃ [because xᵃ / xᵇ = xᵃ⁻ᵇ]
a = 2 [raising both sides to 1/a]
Finding b:
We are given that b = 2a
now that we know what a equals, we will plug that value here
b = 2(2)
b = 4
Finding a+b:
We found that a = 2, b = 4
a + b = 2 + 4 = 6