Find the Degree of a Polynomial based on Data Table

Find the degree of a polynomial based on data table using first, second, third, and subsequent differences. This video presents data from a function and illustrates how the procedure of analyzing differences results in the degree of the polynomial function.

[ZeroSkipps]

thanks so much! only resource on the internet that actually explained it

[blovermore]

Thank you so much, I am a math tutor and could not for the life of me figure out how to solve these types of problems. Searched everywhere on the internet and this has helped so much, thank you.

[HaloEliteLegend]

Thanks for this! You made it nice and clear, and straight to the point. I have a test tomorrow, and this was a big help.

[sparshsingh]

Hello I am not sure how can you determine the degree of the polynomial if the x values do not appear to be in a constant order for example 3, 7, 13, 18.

[reidskull]

What if one of these ends up on a single number?

[cherrycherubie]

what do you do if the x doesn’t go up by 1?

[ManuelAh]

Thank you so much! This helped me a ton!

[Mooksie]

What to do if we are given random numbers

[AidanLiss]

this was a really great video!! But... what do you do if they never become constant?

[slithivi]

How do you get an equation form a table?

[sonofjesus]

I used y- z= -18 . For example I used -4 - z = -18 and got 14 XD