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Old 02-19-2010, 10:34 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 3-Wheeler View Post
Think Excel has the ability to curvefit data, and I also think you can select the order of the polynomial generated. I use another program for curve fitting, so I'm not sure about Excel lately, but have used this feature years ago.

Jim.
Yep, it's easy in Excel. You just right-click on the data and choose "add trendline". Since theory predicts your coastdown will follow a second-order polynomial, choose that one.
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