1.   What are the second differences in the y-values?
   
    A. 0 B. –1
    C. 1 D. 2
    Hint

  2.   What type of relationship does the equation have if its second differences are constant?
    A. constant B. quadratic
    C. linear D. cubic
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  3.   What is the relationship between constant second differences and the coefficient of the equation?
    A. the second difference is 2 times the coefficient
    B. the second difference is –2 times the coefficient
    C. the second difference is opposite the coefficient
    D. the second difference is the same as the coefficient
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  4.   How many counterexamples are needed to prove a conjecture wrong?
    A. 2 B. 3
    C. 1 D. 4
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  5.   Find the values for m and n which the conjecture (m – n)2 = m2 – n2 is false.
    A. m = 1, n = 1 B. m = 1, n = 0
    C. m = –2, n = 0 D. m = 1, n = 2
    Hint



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