Growth data of a sunflower plant is given in the following table: Day 7 21 35 49 63 77 91 Height (in.) 8.5 21 50 77 89 98 99 (a) Curve-fit the data with a third-order polynomial. Use the polynomial to estimate the height in day 40. (b) Fit the data with linear and spline interpolations and use each interpolation to estimate the height in day 40.

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: Growth data of a sunflower plant is given in the following table: Day 7 21 35 49 63 77 91 Height (in.) 8.5 21 50 77 89 98 99 (a) Curve-fit the data with a third-order polynomial. Use the polynomial to estimate the height in day 40. (b) Fit the data with linear and spline interpolations and use each interpolation to estimate the height in day 40.

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