BEDERICO, ALYANNA MAE C.
22 - 09183
PSET 2
PROBLEM SET 2.2 - LEAST SQUARE APPROXIMATION AND CURVE FITTING
SECOND ORDER POLYNOMIAL CURVE FITTING
i xi yi xi2 xi3 xi4 xiyi xi2yi
1 1 4.8 1 1 1 4.8 4.8
2 2 8.8 4 8 16 17.6 35.2
3 2 8 4 8 16 16 32
4 3 7.9 9 27 81 23.7 71.1
5 4 11.9 16 64 256 47.6 190.4
6 5 14.4 25 125 625 72 360
7 6 14.1 36 216 1296 84.6 507.6
8 6 15.8 36 216 1296 94.8 568.8
9 7 15.6 49 343 2401 109.2 764.4
10 8 17.8 64 512 4096 142.4 1139.2
11 9 18.2 81 729 6561 163.8 1474.2
12 9 17.1 81 729 6561 153.9 1385.1
13 10 18.8 100 1000 10000 188 1880
14 10 19.5 100 1000 10000 195 1950
15 11 18.9 121 1331 14641 207.9 2286.9
16 12 21.7 144 1728 20736 260.4 3124.8
17 12 21.9 144 1728 20736 262.8 3153.6
18 13 23.8 169 2197 28561 309.4 4022.2
19 14 26.9 196 2744 38416 376.6 5272.4
20 14 25.1 196 2744 38416 351.4 4919.6
SUMMARY OF VALUES FORMULA
𝑥𝑖 = 158 𝑦𝑖 = 331
𝑛 𝑥𝑖 𝑥𝑖2 𝑦𝑖
𝑥𝑖2 = 1576 𝑥𝑖 𝑦𝑖 = 3081.9 𝑎0
𝑥𝑖 𝑥𝑖2 𝑥𝑖3 × 𝑎1 = 𝑥𝑖 𝑦𝑖
𝑎2
𝑥𝑖3 = 17450 𝑥𝑖 2𝑦𝑖 = 33142.3 𝑥𝑖2 𝑥𝑖3 𝑥𝑖4 𝑥𝑖2 𝑦𝑖
𝑥𝑖4 = 204712 𝑛= 20
SOLUTION
A= 20 158 1576 a0 331
158 1576 17450 x a1 = 3081.9
1576 17450 204712 a2 33142.3
A-1 = 0.647501 -0.17304 0.009765 331
-0.17304 0.057537 -0.00357 x 3081.9
0.009765 -0.00357 0.000234 33142.3
FINAL ANSWER
a0 = 4.678356044
a1 = 1.650339606
a2 = -0.014797448
f(x) = -0.0147974483545896x2 + 1.650339606x +4.678356044
Length-at-Age Data for Fish
30
25 y = -0.0148x2 + 1.6503x + 4.6784
R² = 0.9634
20
15
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
SUMMARY OF VALUES
158 𝑦𝑖 =
331
𝑥𝑖 =
1576 3081.9
𝑥𝑖2 = 𝑥𝑖 𝑦𝑖 =
17450 33142.3
𝑥𝑖3 = 𝑥𝑖 2𝑦𝑖 =
204712 383343.9
𝑥𝑖4 = 𝑥𝑖 3𝑦𝑖 =
2493338
𝑥𝑖5 = 𝑛= 20
31185976
𝑥𝑖6 =
A= 20 158 1576 17450 a0 331
158 1576 17450 204712 x a1 = 3081.9
1576 17450 204712 2493338 a2 33142.3
17450 204712 2493338 31185976 a3 383343.9
A-1 = 1.672424 -0.8516 0.115485 -0.00458 331
-0.8516 0.506793 -0.07357 0.003031 3081.9
0.115485 -0.07357 0.011139 -0.00047 33142.3
-0.00458 0.003031 -0.00047 2.05E-05 383343.9
FINAL ANSWER
a0 1.210804
a1 3.946086
a2 -0.37247
a3 0.015491131
Length-at-Age Data for Fish
30
y = 0.0155x3 - 0.3725x2 + 3.9461x + 1.2108
25 R² = 0.9803
20
15
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
