document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=817190>Question 817190</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2,7,3,26,4,-\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what will be the next number?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #491923 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=491923\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I ran a quartic regression on the numbers and got::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x) = -4.5x*4 + 51x^3 - 198x^2 + 309.5x - 156<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the 6th term = f(6) = -243<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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