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How do you create an equation or mathematical model from a coordinate table?

Asked by invic (110points) November 4th, 2009

Ive been trying to figure this out for days now and still cant get it, and yes its homework but my teachers been sick and its been a pain doing this solo. the table consists of the following; x-coordinates: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. The y-coordinates: 57.9, 108.2, 149.6, 227.9, T, 778.3, 1249, 2871, 4504, 5914. Now the Y-coordinates are the avg orbital radius in mill of km, the problem is that each X-coordinate is a planet from the sun in order starting with Mercury and ending with Pluto. So how would i be able to find an equation for this? I don’t need the answer at all but just how to get there, just graphing it and getting a rough slope line didn’t work, unless i did it wrong XD (ugh). Would i need to consider other things besides the given stats? (Ugh… Math and Science shouldnt collide as much as it does)

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