2. (B) Program to solve algebraic and transcendental equation by false position method.

2. (B) Program to solve algebraic and transcendental equation by false position method.

	deff('y=f(x)','y=x^3-2*x-5'); a=2,b=3; //f(2) is negative and f(3) is positive
	d=0.00001; // for accuracy of root
	printf('successive iterations \ta \tb \t f(a) \t f(b) \tx1 \n')
	for i=1:25
	x1=b*f(a)/(f(a)-f(b))+a*f(b)/(f(b)-f(a))
	if (f(a)*f(x1))>0
	b=x1;
	else
	a=x1;
	end
	if abs(f(x1))<d
	break
	end
	printf('\t%f %f %f %f %f\n',a,b,f(a),f(b),x1);
	end
	printf(' the root of equation %f',x1);