Test bank for mathematical applications for the management life and social sciences 11th edition by

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Chapter 2 - Quadratic and other Special Functions 109. Find the equation of the quartic function that is the best fit for the given data. Round your final values to two decimal places. x

y

1 2 3 4 5

2.3 56.9 256.4 750.3 1742.4

6

3489.9

7

6303.6

a. b. c. d. e.

ANSWER: a 110. Graph the power function that models the data given in the table below.

a.

x

1

2

3

4

5

6

y

3.0000

8.4853

15.5885

24.0000

33.5410

44.0908

b.