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    Question Please help

    Hi, this is more of a math/linear algebra question. In the pdf you need to find v in order to make everything work... where the heck is v coming from? I see the equations and all, but what does it all mean, and how would you write that in c++?

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    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <sys/syslimits.h>
    #include <std.lib>
    
    double determinant(double M);
    double main(void)
    {
    	char filename[PATH_MAX+1];
    	printf("enter input file name =>");			/* prompt user for file name */
    	scanf("%s", filename);						/* store in filename[] buffer */
    
    	#define MAXPOINTS 100
    	int i, N;
    	double t[MAXPOINTS];
    	double y[MAXPOINTS];
    
    	FILE *f;									/* pointer to FILE (used for file I/O) */
    	f = fopen(filename, "r");					/* open input file for reading */
    
    	if (f == NULL)								/* fopen unsuccessful */
    	{
    		perror(filename);						/* print system error message */
    		exit(-1);								/* die */
    	}
    
    	for (i = 0; i < MAXPOINTS; i++)
    	if (fscanf(f, "%lf %lf", &t[i], &y[i]) != 2)
    	break;
    
    	fclose(f);
    	N = i;
    
    	double sumt, sumtt, sumttt, sumtttt;		/* sums for t, t^2, t^3, t^4 */
    	double sumy, sumty, sumtty;					/* sums for y, t*y, t^2*y */
    	double M[3][3], v[3];						/* system we are solving: Mx = v */
    	double x[3];								/* solution: x = [a b c] */
    
    
    }
    
    double determinant(double M[3][3]){
    
    	return ((-1)*M[2][0]*M[1][1]*M[0][2]+(-1)*M[2][1]*M[1][2]*M[0][0]+
                    (-1)*M[2][2]*M[1][0]*M[0][1]+M[0][0]*M[1][1]*M[2][2]+M[0][1]*M[1][2]*M[2][0]+
                    M[0][2]*M[1][0]*M[2][1]);
    
    }
    
    void solve(double M[3][3], double v[3], double x[3])
    {
    	double det = determinant(M);
    	double A[3][3];
    
    	A[0][0]=v[0][0];
    	A[1][0]=v[1][0];
    	A[2][0]=v[2][0];
    
    	X[0]= determinant(A)/det;
    
    	X[1]= determinant(A)/det;
    
    	X[2]= determinant(A)/det;
    
    }
    this is all that I have so far, and I know that I'm not done yet. Thanks for the help!
    -Jonbuckets

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    What pdf?

    EDIT: Ah ok.
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    > double determinant(double M);
    This needs to match the definition of the function later on.

    > double main(void)
    Nope, main returns an int, not a double.
    It makes a change from the usual "void main" crowd though

    > and how would you write that in c++?
    Apart from the mixing of declarations and statements, all of this could just as easily be C code.
    Which language are you supposed to be using?
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    The code is stuff that I've written already. I'm writting the code in a c++ compiler, but we are only supposed to use the C laguage. The big part I'm confused with is how to find v, or what v even is, I just don't understand the math behind it. From there I can get everything else to work.

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    From reading the PDF, I would think v means velocity
    For which there is an equation if you know the initial velocity and a number of acceleration/time measurements.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
    If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.

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