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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Your teacher probably wants you to report that 6 is the missing number, 8 - 2 is 6, then 6 - 3 is 3, and 3 - 4 is -1. However, you can choose any real number and find a 3rd degree polynomial function that fits the data. So the correct answer to this question, as you posed it, is \"any real number.\" \r
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