Graphing in
a Spreadsheet
by
Mindy Swain
I graphed the equation 
in an Excel Spreadsheet.
First I used Excel to make a table
of values.
| x |
f(x) |
| -10 |
185 |
| -9 |
148 |
| -8 |
115 |
| -7 |
86 |
| -6 |
61 |
| -5 |
40 |
| -4 |
23 |
| -3 |
10 |
| -2 |
1 |
| -1 |
-4 |
| 0 |
-5 |
| 1 |
-2 |
| 2 |
5 |
| 3 |
16 |
| 4 |
31 |
| 5 |
50 |
| 6 |
73 |
| 7 |
100 |
| 8 |
131 |
| 9 |
166 |
| 10 |
205 |
Then I used the Chart Wizard to make
the following graph:
Click here
to view the Excel document.
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