MATLAB

Determining the square root of a number p, , is the same as finding a solution to the equation
. Write a MATLAB user-defined function that determines the square root of a positive number
by solving the equation using Name the function . The output argument
Xs is the answer, and the input p argument is the number whose square root is determined. The program should
include the following features:

• It should check if the number is positive. If not, the program should stop and display an error message.

• The starting value of x for the iterations should be .

• The iterations should stop when the estimated relative error is smaller than .

• The number of iterations should be limited to 20. If a solution is not obtained in 20 iterations, the program
should stop and display an error message.

Use the function to determine the square root of:

Function Xs=SquareRoot(p)
% check whether the given value is positive
if p<=0
error('Input must be a positive number');
end
% set the starting value of x for the iteration
x=p;
% set the allowed maximum number of iterations
maxIterations=20;
% set the allowed relative error
tolerance=1e-6;
% use newton's method for the iteration
for iteration=1:maxIterations
x_new = 0.5*(x+p/x);
% Check for the proximity using relative error
if abs(x_new-x)/x<tolerance
Xs=x_new;
return;
end
% Update the current value
x=x_new;
end

clear, clc, close all

1
% For (a) 729
% Check if the number is positive
p = input('Enter the number to be squared:');
if (p < 0)
disp('Error! The number is negative.');
else
disp('Hooray! The number is positive.');
end
Hooray! The number is positive.

% Name the function

if (p>0)
Xs = sqrt(p)
end

Xs = 27

% The starting value of x for the iteration

x = p;
% The function
f = @(x) x.^2-p;
% The derivative of the function
df = @(x) 2*x;
% The estimated relative error
e = 10.^-6;
% The limitation of number of iteration
n = 20;
% Running a loop for i = 1:20
if p > 0
for i=1:n
xi = x - f(x)./df(x);
fprintf('x%d = %.6f\n',i,xi)
if (abs((xi-x)/x)<e)
break
end
x = xi;
end
else
disp('Error! Solution is not obtained.');
end

x1 = 365.000000
x2 = 183.498630
x3 = 93.735706
x4 = 50.756446
x5 = 32.559577
x6 = 27.474651
x7 = 27.004100
x8 = 27.000000
x9 = 27.000000

clear, clc, close all

2
% For (b) 1500
% Check if the number is positive
p = input('Enter the number to be squared:');
if (p < 0)
disp('Error! The number is negative.');
else
disp('Hooray! The number is positive.');
end
Hooray! The number is positive.

% Name the function

if (p>0)
Xs = sqrt(p)
end

Xs = 38.7298

% The starting value of x for the iteration

x = p;
% The function
f = @(x) x.^2-p;
% The derivative of the function
df = @(x) 2*x;
% The estimated relative error
e = 10.^-6;
% The limitation of number of iteration
n = 20;
% Running a loop for i = 1:20
if p > 0
for i=1:n
xi = x - f(x)./df(x);
fprintf('x%d = %.6f\n',i,xi)
if (abs((xi-x)/x)<e)
break
end
x = xi;
end
else
disp('Error! Solution is not obtained.');
end

x1 = 750.500000
x2 = 376.249334
x3 = 190.118026
x4 = 99.003931
x5 = 57.077422
x6 = 41.678758
x7 = 38.834157
x8 = 38.729974
x9 = 38.729833
x10 = 38.729833

3
clear, clc, close all
% For (c) -72
% Check if the number is positive
p = input('Enter the number to be squared:');
if (p < 0)
disp('Error! The number is negative.');
else
disp('Hooray! The number is positive.');
end

Error! The number is negative.

% Name the function

if (p>0)
Xs = sqrt(p)
end
% The starting value of x for the iteration
x = p;
% The function
f = @(x) x.^2-p;
% The derivative of the function
df = @(x) 2*x;
% The estimated relative error
e = 10.^-6;
% The limitation of number of iteration
n = 20;
% Running a loop for i = 1:20
if p > 0
for i=1:n
xi = x - f(x)./df(x);
fprintf('x%d = %.6f\n',i,xi)
if (abs((xi-x)/x)<e)
break
end
x = xi;
end
else
disp('Error! Solution is not obtained.');
end

Error! Solution is not obtained.