In: Computer Science
For the following exercises, enter the data from each table into MS-Excel and graph the resulting scatter plots (Use a smoothing function). Determine whether the data from the table could represent a function that is linear, exponential, or logarithmic.
n |
1.25 |
2.25 |
3.56 |
4.2 |
5.65 |
6.75 |
7.25 |
8.6 |
9.25 |
10.5 |
f (n) |
5.75 |
8.75 |
12.68 |
14.6 |
18.95 |
22.25 |
23.75 |
27.8 |
29.75 |
33.5 |
x |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
f (x) |
2 |
4.079 |
5.296 |
6.159 |
6.828 |
7.375 |
7.838 |
8.238 |
8.592 |
8.908 |
m | 0 |
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
F(m) | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 |
28 |
y |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
f (y) |
2.4 |
2.88 |
3.456 |
4.147 |
4.977 |
5.972 |
7.166 |
8.6 |
10.32 |
12.383 |
z |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
f (z) |
9.429 |
9.972 |
10.415 |
10.79 |
11.115 |
11.401 |
11.657 |
11.889 |
12.101 |
12.295 |