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From: ANDREW CHEYNE
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 02:43

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Hello!

    I'm attempting to write a program that will read in a bunch of data 
points, perform a least squares fit to the points, and then draw the best 
fit line. I know the basics behind writing the program, but I'm in need of 
formulas that woud calculate m and b in y=mx+b. I know I should be able to 
figure these out with a little bit of calculus, but the calculus seems to 
lost on me! I also know that I should be able to do this using the Stats 
button on my TI-85, but I want to be able to integrate this program between 
the 85 and my PC. If anyone could mail me the formulas, I'd really 
appreciate it!

Thanks,
Andrew
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