document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=155470>Question 155470</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3,0,4,2,8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what comes next? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "what comes next?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ran a linear, quadratic, cubic, then quartic regression program <BR>\n" );
document.write( "on the data (using 1,2,3,4,5 as the domain) and got the following<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"best fit\" quartic: y = 1.125x^4-13.416667x^3+55.87x^2 -93.58333x+ 53<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the next term is f(6) = 63<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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