If a polynomial of degree n has n+1 zeros, then the polynomial is

oscillatory
zero everywhere
quadratic
not defined

The following x-y data is given

The Newton’s divided difference second order polynomial for the above data is given by 

The value of is

-1.048

0.1433
4.333
24.00

The polynomial that passes through the following x-y data 

is given by

The corresponding polynomial using Newton’s divided difference polynomial is given by

The value of is

0.2500
8.125
24.00
not obtainable with the information given

Velocity vs. time data for a body is approximated by a second order Newton’s divided difference polynomial as

The acceleration at is

0.5540 m/s²

39.622 m/s²
36.852 m/s²
not obtainable with the given information

A robot is following a path on a x-y plane is found by interpolating four data points as

The length of the path from x = 2 to x = 7 is

The following data of the velocity of a body as a function of time is given

If you were going to use quadratic interpolation to find the value of the velocity at t=14.9 seconds, what three data points of time would you choose for interpolation?  Justify your answer.

0, 15, 18
15, 18, 22
0, 15, 22
0, 18, 24

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