The following table gives the total cost (in thousands of dollars), to produce a given number of bales of cotton (in thousands of bales).



Use Excel to find a QUADRATIC trendline and report your function, in terms of $\displaystyle {q}$, below. Report the three decimal places (thousandths) in your answer. (Use the Preview button to check your syntax before you submit your answer.)



Cost function, $\displaystyle {C}{\left({q}\right)}=$Preview Question 6