document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=722174>Question 722174</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> y=ax^2+bx+c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0,29.8): 0a+0b+1=29.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2,29.9): 4a+2b+1=29.9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4,30.1): 16a+4b+1=30.1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the values of a, b, and c such that y=ax^2+bx+c models this data. (Make into one equation). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Where did you get the \"1\" in each of your equations?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When you get the three equations in a, b, and c written correctly, solve the 3X3 system.  Hint: Since the coefficients on a and b are zero in the first equation, you can determine the value of c directly and the system degenerates to a more easily solved 2X2 system.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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