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\n\n---\n## 🙈 Appendix 🙈\n\nHere is some code and data details that you probably do not want to read.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":16,"value":"#### Imports","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":18,"value":"import {colors} from \"@mattiasvillani/statistics-tools\"","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":20,"value":"mathjs = require('mathjs')","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":23,"value":"#### Data","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":25,"value":"function f(x, c, a){\n const useLogForm = true\n if (useLogForm){\n return c*Math.exp(a*Math.log(x))\n }else{\n return c*x**a\n }\n}","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":40,"value":"xdomain = [0,5]","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":36,"value":"funcdata = {\n return d3.range(xdomain[0], xdomain[1], (xdomain[1] - xdomain[0])/1000).map(d => ({x: d, y: f(d, inputs.c, inputs.a)}))\n}","pinned":true,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"}],"files":"$W35","stdlib":"1","titling":"auto"}} 34:"$33:body"