Hi Folks,
I am having some difficulties in understanding what my graph is showing me in MATLAB.
I have chosen the value for a,b and c for the quadratic so the result will be complex, however the graph does not point to the values when the function cross the 0 axis. the first one does but according to the results the second should be in the third quadrant.
a = 1;
b = 0.009;
c = 5;
x =linspace(-16,16);
y = a*x .* x + b*x + c
plot(x,y)
x1=(-b+sqrt((b^2)-(4*a*c)))/(2*a)
x2=(-b-sqrt((b^2-4)*(a*c)))/(2*a)
The two roots are as follows:
x1 = -0.0045 + 2.2361i
x2 = -0.0045 - 2.2360i
x1= seems to be correct, however x2 is somewhere in the third quadrant this is not reflected on the graph generated by MATLAB.
I know this is something I am doing wrong I would appreciate it, if someone will show me the error of my ways.
I am having some difficulties in understanding what my graph is showing me in MATLAB.
I have chosen the value for a,b and c for the quadratic so the result will be complex, however the graph does not point to the values when the function cross the 0 axis. the first one does but according to the results the second should be in the third quadrant.
a = 1;
b = 0.009;
c = 5;
x =linspace(-16,16);
y = a*x .* x + b*x + c
plot(x,y)
x1=(-b+sqrt((b^2)-(4*a*c)))/(2*a)
x2=(-b-sqrt((b^2-4)*(a*c)))/(2*a)
The two roots are as follows:
x1 = -0.0045 + 2.2361i
x2 = -0.0045 - 2.2360i
x1= seems to be correct, however x2 is somewhere in the third quadrant this is not reflected on the graph generated by MATLAB.
I know this is something I am doing wrong I would appreciate it, if someone will show me the error of my ways.