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2 years ago

Is a linear model or a quadratic model a better fit?

Mathematics

1 answer:

guajiro [1.7K]2 years ago

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A linear function represents a line, a quadratic function represents a parabola.

The dots fit a parabolic behaviour (they are descendent at the beginning, they reach a minimum and then start growing again), so a quadratic model could fit the dots much better than a linear one.

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