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    #11
    Originally posted by Badger View Post
    maybe but it's not right, starting point is 10, then 5 etc.
    In which case it is not linear and the answer is a trinomial as above:
    Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
    Input = x
    Output = y

    y = -0.0213x^3 + 0.88x^2 - 10.267x + 42.5
    I am 99.7632% confident you have the 5 and 10 the wrong way round.
    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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      #12
      Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
      You could have solved that in under two minutes by plotting it by hand on a piece of paper.
      The plot thickens ..
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        #13
        Originally posted by Badger View Post
        I have a system that generates a linear trend value based on a single array of inputs.
        Do you have any additional data points that might help with determining what is going on?
        My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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          #14
          whs

          i was going to have a go at this today but then stuff got in the way. i might be able have a look tomorrow afternoon.

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            #15
            Ah, good old statistics.

            Just make it like, like everyone else does.

            No one will ever know.

            Make sure to prefix the answers with something like :

            "In a recent red-brick University scientific study, rigorous analytical testing concluded that..blah blah blah"
            Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

            C.S. Lewis

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