document.write( "Question 47189: Is there a formula to discovering if a given table of values is linear or quadric? example: Parent input parent output
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Is there a formula to discovering if a given table of values is linear or quadric? :\r\n" );
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document.write( "One method I use is to look for the differences between the values.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In a linear table of values, the difference between each and every value should be the same.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In a quadric table of values, the difference will vary.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Also is there a formula to find the transformation that applies between the parent & the transformed?:\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is no such formula but one can plot the graph and possibly through intelligent guessing, figure out the transformation.

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