Hi everyone, I have been kind of struggling with understanding my Algebra homework lately. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Find a quadratic function that includes each set of values.
x | -2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2
y | 3.5| 3.5 | 7.5| 15.5| 27.5

I really don't understand the set up of this problem. Thank you

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Hi everyone, I have been kind of struggling with understanding my Algebra homework lately. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Find a quadratic function that includes each set of values.
x | -2 | -1   | 0   | 1     | 2
y | 3.5| 3.5 | 7.5| 15.5| 27.5 

I really don't understand the set up of this problem. Thank you

skullpatrol · Answer

The set up of the problem is 

they what you to come up with a quadratic function y = f(x) 

that will satisfy the table of values given.