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Question 216484: Having trouble finding the rule -
input (x) 1 2 3 4 5 6
output (y) 8 14 ? 24 28 ?
Everything I try breaks down halfway through! Any ideas??
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I used a graphing program to plot the points and then did a polynomial curve fit -- just because it sort of looked like it might fit a parabola. I came up with:




John