SOLUTION: I'm given a table of x and y values and I need to identify the type of function. Can you help? x values - 2 3 4 5 6 7 y values - 5 10 17 26 37 50

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Question 701625: I'm given a table of x and y values and I need to identify the type of function. Can you help?
x values - 2 3 4 5 6 7
y values - 5 10 17 26 37 50

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
jump from 5 to 10: +5

jump from 10 to 17: +7

jump from 17 to 26: +9

jump from 26 to 37: +11

jump from 37 to 50: +13

Each jump is increasing by 2 (the same amount), so this means that a quadratic equation will fit this data.

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