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A quadratic function will have a degree of two.
Let's start with a first degree polynomial equation:This is a line with slope a. We know that a line will connect any two points. So, a first degree polynomial equation is an exact fit through any two points with distinct x coordinates.If we increase the order of the equation to a second degree polynomial, we get:This will exactly fit a simple curve to three points.If we increase the order of the equation to a third degree polynomial, we get:This will exactly fit four points.if we have more than n + 1 constraints (n being the degree of the polynomial), we can still run the polynomial curve through those constraints. An exact fit to all constraints is not certain (but might happen, for example, in the case of a first degree polynomial exactly fitting three collinear points). In general, however, some method is then needed to evaluate each approximation. The least squares method is one way to compare the deviations.
First you see how many sides and angels it has
Since it's more than one degree, it's plural, therefore it would be "degrees". If it were one degree, then you would say "one degree Celsius".