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>GROWTH(known_y's[,known_x's,new_x's,const])</PRE
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>GROWTH function applies the ``least squares'' method to fit an exponential curve to your data and predicts the exponential growth by using this curve. </P
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>If @known_x's is omitted, an array {1, 2, 3, ...} is used. If @new_x's is omitted, it is assumed to be the same as @known_x's. </P
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>GROWTH returns an array having one column and a row for each data point in @new_x.</P
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>If @known_y's and @known_x's have unequal number of data points, GROWTH returns #NUM! error.</P
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>If @const is FALSE, the line will be forced to go through the origin, i.e., b will be zero. The default is TRUE.</P
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>        <A
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