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document.write( "Answer:: 213<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ran a Quartic Regression program on the data<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and got the following lesst-squares regression equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 4.29x^4 - 51.75x^3 + 216.71x^2 - 361.25x + 195<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(6) = 213<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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