Sorry about this i dont really know how to use this message board so I am going to write the next part of my question in here.
Code:
double left = 0 ,right = 0;
double size, mid,root, tol = .00001, zero_check = .0001;
int done = 0;
float finish;
printf("Please enter a range of values ");
scanf ("%lf ", &left);
scanf ("%lf", &right);
size = right - left;
while((size >=tol) && (!done))
{
mid = (right+left)/2;
printf("f(%f) = %9.6f f(%f) = %9.6f f(%f) = %9.6f\n",
left, f(left),mid,f(mid),right,f(right));
if(fabs(f(mid)) <zero_check)
done = 1;
else if (f(mid) * f(left)<0)
right = mid;
else
left = mid;
size = right - left;
}
if(size >tol)
root = mid;
else
root = (left +right)/2;
printf("The root is %lf\n", root);
}
double f(double x)
{
return(x*x -4 +exp(-1.0*x));
}
I want to know why do you use the function double f. Can you not just check the values without applying them to this function?And when you take the right from the left what is that value called and when do you compare it the tol?
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