doit Starting... Testing function... ans = -8.8818e-016 ans = -8.8818e-016 Applying the bisection method... xc = 0.4142 x= 1.9999921849, y= 1.0000000000 The solution is 0.4142089844 +- 0.0000488281 Applying the bisection method again... xc = -0.4142 x= 1.0000000000, y= 1.9999921849 The solution is -0.4142089844 +- -0.0000488281 Applying the secant method... Newtons Method is not a good choice for this problem because the derivative of the function is required, which is too difficult to find. Finding six poses... (see plot window) Plotting different poses... (see plot window) (see plot window) (see plot window) (see plot window) (see plot window) (see plot window) Testing variations of P1... 4 Poses, P1 = 4... (see plot window) 2 Poses, P1 = 10... (see plot window) 0 Poses, P1 = 50... (see plot window)