I need to write a MATLAB function called Area1 having two inputs, r and N, and an output, A1. The output A1 should be the area under a curve, f(x), for x starting at start_x and ending at end_x. The input r should be a vector having start_x and end_x as its two elements. The input N should be an integer equal to the number of equal-length sub-intervals in which the interval from start_x to end_x should be divided.
First, I need to use function: f(x) = 0.1x^2+ cos(0.4 π x) +exp(-x^2/10) for start_x = 0 and end_x = 10. In other words, the Area1.m file which includes the function should look as follows:
function A1 = Area1(r, N)
"the code"
end
First, do the mid point approximation. Next do the same thing, but use Area2 as the trapezoid method.
Create another script (e.g., main.m) and call A1 = Area1(r, N); and A2 = Area2(r, N); within a for loop which increases N from 5 to 50 with step of 1. Save the 46 results into vectors A_all1 and A_all2. Then plot A_all1 and A_all2 with respect to the 46 corresponding values of N in a single plot, and observe how they converge to the true area as N increases. Add appropriate xlabel and ylabel. Which method converges faster?
I'm not really sure where to begin with this, so any input helps. Thanks.
