Here is my question I am tackling: Fit a second-order polynomial to the data from Table 14.1. In one figure, plot the data and the polynomial curve you obtained. V(m/s): 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 F (N): 25 70 380 550 610 1220 830 1450
I thought it would just require a simple polyfit polyval but I must not understand how to do it. Here is my attempt
v = [10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80];
F = [25 70 380 550 610 1220 830 1450];
x=linspace(0,100,0.1);
P=polyfit(v,F,2);
Q=polyval(P,x);
plot(v,F,'b*'), hold on
plot(Q,'r-')
If someone could help me that would be appreciated. Also if you could display what the final 2nd order polynomial is, or at least its coefficients, that would be so helpful!
