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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
MELAB142P
CURVE FITTING
ACTIVITY NO. 1
Allen S. Castor
BSME – IV
Instructor
Data:
Table 1: Data that represents the bacterial growth in a liquid culture over a number of
days
x
0 4 8 12 16 20
(Day)
y
67 84 98 125 149 185
(Amount x10^6)
Results:
Figure 1: Results of the bacterial growth in a liquid culture over a number of days using
an excel
200
180 185
160
149
140
Amount (x10^6)
120 125
y = 5.8x + 60 Series1
100 98 R² = 0.9755 Linear
80 84
Exponential
67
60
y = 67.306e0.0503x y = 0.1507x2 + 2.7866x + 68.036 Parabolic
40 R² = 0.9979 R² = 0.9979
20
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Day/s
Calculations: Results of bacterial growth in a liquid culture over a number of days by
using a Fx-82ES scientific calculator
Linear (A + Bx):
A = 60 ; B = 5.8 ; R = 0.9876620818
A + Bx 60 + 5.8x
y = 5.8x + 60
Exponential (AeBx):
AeBx 67.30603643e0.05029322006x
y = 67.30603643e0.05029322006x
Parabolic (A + Bx + Cx2):
y = 67.30603643e0.05029322006x y = 67.306e0.0502x
y = 67.30603643e0.05029322006(40) y = 67.306e0.0502(40)
y = 503.1954833 y = 501.3223893
503.1954833x106 501.3223893x106
(Amount of bacteria after 40 (Amount of bacteria after 40
days) days)
Discussion:
Results showed that the exponential equation was the best equation to the data
trend based on the value of the correlation coefficient r that is closest to +1.
Results in excel showed that the correlation coefficient r of both parabolic and
exponential in finding the square-root was the same, but in the calculator fx-82ES, it
didn’t have the value for correlation coefficient r that can be compared.
Conclusion:
The exponential equation is the best equation using both excel and calculator.
The amount of bacteria predicted after 40 days was 503.1954833x106 in calculator and
501.3223893x106 in excel.