Three Average Monthly Low Temperatures for Detroit Are Listed in the Table

question 62

Multiple Choice

Three average monthly low temperatures for Detroit are listed in the table.
Let correspond to January, to February, . . . , and to December. Determine a quadratic function that interpolates the data - that is, determine the constants a, b, and c such that , and .

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