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  |