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//Example 6.13

clc
clear

x = 1974:2:1982;
y = [40 43 48 52 57];

n = length(x);
del = %nan*ones(n,5);
del(:,1) = y';
for j = 2:5
    for i = 1:n-j+1
        del(i+j-1,j) = del(i+j-1,j-1) - del(i+j-2,j-1);
    end
end

X = 1979;
h = x(2) - x(1);
p = (X-x(n)) / h;
xn = x(n);
yn = y(n);
delyn = del(n,:);

Y = 0;

for i = 0:length(delyn)-1
    t = 1;
    for j = 1:i
        t = t * (p+j-1);
    end
    Y = Y + t*delyn(i+1)/factorial(i);
end
Y = round(Y*10^4)/10^4;
disp(Y,"Estimated sales for the year 1979: ")