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theDeCoder01
Mar 16, 2025Copper Contributor
Slope equation calculation (Is it the same as trendline?)
Hi there, I'm trying to calibrate a temperature monitoring system in reference to a calibrated one. The relation is not linear, so the difference equation is not linear. This is where Excel com...
- Mar 19, 2025
The forum has been broken since late 2024. I only now got a notification of your reply.
For a 4th degree polynomial, you can't just calculate the slope - you have to calculate the coefficients for x, x^2, x^3 and x^4. For OpSens CH2 to PICO CH1:
To use this to predict/interpolate values:
These values look reasonable to me.
HansVogelaar
Mar 17, 2025MVP
Could you attach a small sample workbook demonstrating the problem (without sensitive data), or if that is not possible, make it available through OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or similar?
theDeCoder01
Mar 19, 2025Copper Contributor
Hey Hans,
Thanks for your input.
I'll share one sheet from my workbook with the first graph implementing JKPieterse idea.
I'd be happy to share more info with you if you'd like.
Thanks!