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The question is:
What is the value of the missing number?
5, 9, 16, 29, 54,
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The question is:
What is the value of the missing number?
5, 9, 16, 29, 54,
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Question 999402: I have a question on this; I have tried multiple times, but cannot find the answer. Can you help?
The question is:
What is the value of the missing number?
5, 9, 16, 29, 54, (missing number), 200
If you could explain this, that would be awesome. Thanks! Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
If you need an integer value, I confess myself stumped. But I did find a rational number value that fits a 5th-degree polynomial model of these data.
A degree 5 polynomial has the form:
Mapping the set to your data set and fitting it to the polynomial model, we get:
Which simplify to:
Since the value of is discernable by inspection (the reason for my selection of 0 for the first element of the domain set), this 6X6 system can be quickly reduced to the 5X5 system:
You can use any of the myriad matrix solvers found online to find the solution to this system, and then once you have the 6 coefficients of your 5th-degree polynomial, you can evaluate to find your missing number.
My coefficient set came out to be and I got
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
