SOLUTION: Table below represents data obtained during an investigation x 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 y 27 32 41 56 79 111 153 -Plot the graph of y against x -You suspect that the law relating

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Question 821538: Table below represents data obtained during an investigation
x 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
y 27 32 41 56 79 111 153
-Plot the graph of y against x
-You suspect that the law relating the data is of the form y=mx3+c. Find the law relating x and y

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Table below represents data obtained during an investigation
x 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
y 27 32 41 56 79 111 153
-Plot the graph of y against x
-You suspect that the law relating the data is of the form y=mx3+c. Find the law relating x and y
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I ran a cubic reqression against the data
and got the following:
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y = 2x^3 + 0.0476x^2 - 0.2381x + 28.2857
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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