Lets start with this:

If we bring a to the other side, we get:

Now if we raise both sides with b, we get:

From which we get:

We can now take log of both sides with the base b:

And we already know what d is:

Lets start with this:
If we bring a to the other side, we get:
Now if we raise both sides with b, we get:
From which we get:
We can now take log of both sides with the base b:
And we already know what d is: