HW 2.

Module 2 GED102-1

Submit your excel solutions for each of the following problems.

1. Find the polynomial of degree three for the following data. Also find P(-2).

X 0 1 4 6
y 1 -1 1 -1

2. Use the least squares approximation to obtain a formula of the type

P ( x ) =A e kx from the following data.

x 1 2 3 4
P 7 11 17 27