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x y
0.088 1.704 Question:
0.149 1.075 What is the value of y if x is equal to 3.5?
0.15 2.258
0.481 2.951
0.836 4.825

1) 1st Degree Interpolation

y = a0 + a1x

y X^0 X^1 the coefficients:

1.796 1 0.123 A0 =
2.645 1 0.199 A1 =

inverse: testing:
2.618421053 -1.61842105 X=
-13.1578947 13.15789474 Y=

2) 2nd Degree Interpolation

y = a0 + a1x + a2x^2

y X^0 X^1 X^2 the coefficients:

0.014 1 0.018 0.000324 A0 =
3.319 1 0.41 0.1681 A1 =
4.202 1 0.847 0.717409 A2 =

inverse: testing:
1.068628296 -0.08899967 0.020371377 X=
-3.86807316 5.049502639 -1.18142947 Y=
3.077226065 -5.8375753 2.760349239

3) 3rd Degree Interpolation

y = a0 + a1x + a2x^2 + a3x^3

y X^0 X^1 X^2 X^3 the coefficients:

1.796 1 0.123 0.015129 0.001860867 A0 =
2.645 1 0.199 0.039601 0.007880599 A1 =
2.353 1 0.332 0.110224 0.036594368 A2 =
1.293 1 0.342 0.116964 0.040001688 A3 =

inverse: testing:
6.495510258 -9.66202219 30.11524265 -25.9487307 X=
-71.198265 135.9070293 -484.228514 419.5197497 Y=
250.9633197 -551.387671 2388.746987 -2088.32264

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he coefficients:
0.421960526 0.42196
11.17105263 11.17105

0.161
2.2205 2.2205

he coefficients:
-0.19482859 -0.19483
11.74077958 11.74078
-7.73284377 -7.73284

0.214
1.963564926 1.96356

he coefficients:
23.41934487 23.41934
-365.348648 -365.34865
1912.830226 1912.83023
-3022.60699 -3022.60699

0.161
1.566496442 1.5665

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