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Hi All. Just wondering why answer to (i) is not 4.9e+4. an why answer to (iii) is not (9x)/2 or 4.5 x. Many thanks. Brian

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% (i) Find f(1.2) in the form 'a x 10^n' where a is correct to 1 decimal place
% (ii) Find x for which g(x) = 3.5
% (iii) Find g(f(x)) in simplest form
clear, clc
syms x
f = exp(9*x); g = log(sqrt(x));
% (i)
f_at_x = subs(f,x,1.2); % evaluates f(x = 1.2) as symbolic
f_at_x = double(f_at_x); % converts to double (real)
f_at_x = round(f_at_x,1) % ??? round to 1 decimal place
f_at_x = 4.9021e+04
% (ii)
solve (g == 3.5, x)
ans = 
% (iii)
g_f_x = (subs(g,x,f));
g_f_x = simplify(g_f_x)
g_f_x = 

Risposte (2)

Aquatris
Aquatris il 5 Lug 2024
Your value in (i) for f(1.2) is 49020.80113638172, so when you round to 1 decimal, it becomes 49020.8 which in engineering notation is 4.9021e4 because of rounding the right most digit.
You should reread the question to understand why you are not getting 4.9 as answer (hint:question is asking a where f(1.2) = a * 10^n ) :)
syms x
f = exp(9*x); g = log(sqrt(x));
% (i)
f_at_x = subs(f,x,1.2); % evaluates f(x = 1.2) as symbolic
format long % change displasy setting
f_at_x = double(f_at_x) % converts to double (real)
f_at_x =
4.902080113638172e+04
f_at_x_rounded = round(f_at_x,1) % ??? round to 1 decimal place
f_at_x_rounded =
4.902080000000000e+04
format bank % change displasy setting
f_at_x_rounded
f_at_x_rounded =
49020.80
For part ii, log(x^n) = n*log(x) so both expressions are equivalent
fun1 = @(x) 0.5*log(exp(9*x));
fun2 = @(x) log(exp(4.5*x));
fun1(1.2) == fun2(1.2) % are they equal?
ans = logical
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Brian Smyth
Brian Smyth il 5 Lug 2024
Spostato: Torsten il 5 Lug 2024
Hi Voss.
That's good to know. Never quite understood the difference between the two (i..e fprintf and sprintf)! Thank you.

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Torsten
Torsten il 5 Lug 2024
Spostato: Voss il 5 Lug 2024
For (iii), use
syms x real
instead of
syms x

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