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What is the degree of the polynomial that generates the given points

x: -6 -2 0 2 6
y: -726 -34 0 18 582

User Glennys
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You would get a 5th degree polynomial because if you were to set the x coordinates as an equation and multiply them, you'd get:
(x+6)(x+2)(x)(x-2)(x-6)
The x's are opposite of the given coordinates because you would plug them in like this:
x = 6
x-6 = 6-6
x-6 = 0
User Navdeep
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so y=mx^z

we know that z must be a large odd number and it goes through the origin
User Xolodec
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