Plot always appears as a straight line

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Hieu Nguyen 2017-12-4

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评论： Roger Stafford 2017-12-5

v = [0:100];
m = 4.65*10.^-26;
y = ((m*v)/(4.14*10.^-21)).*exp((-m*v.^2)/2*4.14*10.^-21);
plot(v,y)
title('Density fucntion at t1 and t2')

Hi, I don't know how to fix this but my graph appears to be a straight line intead of an exponential curve. Thanks a lot!

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Roger Stafford 2017-12-5

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@Hieu. Here's a demonstration of why you should be careful with how you use parentheses:

x = 60/5*12
y = 60/(5*12)
z = 60/5/12

Notice that in 'y' and 'z' there is division by 12, whereas in 'x' it is multiplied. That is apparently the source of your difficulty with the quantity 4.14*10.^-21. It was multiplied rather than divided because you left out the all-important parentheses.

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Are you sure the second "4.14*10.^-21" doesn't belong in the denominator:

y = ((m*v)/(4.14*10.^-21)).*exp((-m*v.^2)/(2*4.14*10.^-21));

If so, and if you change the range of v to:

v = [0:1000];

you will get a nicely curved plot.

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Hieu Nguyen 2017-12-4

Let's define that quantity as A. I am trying to plot this function: f(x) = ((mx)/A) * exp((-mv^2)/2A). I still get a straight line.

Greg 2017-12-4

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Did you put the parenthesis around 2.*A?

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Greg 2017-12-4

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First, I suspect you missed parenthesis is your exp denominator. The magic of using constants. Second, most functions look like straight lines if you stay near the origin. Try plotting further out in v.

v = 0:1000;
m = 4.65*10.^-26;
denom = (4.14*10.^-21);
y = ((m*v)/denom).*exp((-m*v.^2)/(2*denom));
a = axes(figure);
plot(a,v,y);
title('Density function at t1 and t2')