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Determine if the pattern is linear quadratic or something diffrent?

Determine if the pattern is linear quadratic or something diffrent?-example-1
User Erik Pragt
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the pattern is quadratic

Step-by-step explanation:

the 1st difference:

68 - 35 = 33

99 - 68 = 31

128 - 99 = 29

155 - 128 = 27

180 -155 = 25

203 - 180 = 23

2nd difference:

31 - 33 = -2

29 -31 = -2

27 - 29 = -2

25 - 27 = -2

23 - 25 = -2

To determine if the pattern or linear is quadratic or something else, we need to know the following:

if the 1st difference is the same value, you know it's linear

if the 2nd differnce is the same value, you konw it's quadratic.

From our solution, the 1st difference does not have the same values

The 2nd difference have the same valu e of -2

Hence, the pattern is quadratic

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