% Here is the US Census data from 1900 to 1990. x = (1900:10:1990)'; y = [75.9950 91.9720 105.7110 123.2030 131.6690 150.6970 ... 179.3230 203.2120 226.5050 249.6330]'; plot(x, y, 'bo'); axis([1900 2010 0 400]); title('Population of the U.S. 1900-1990'); ylabel('Millions'); disp('press any key to continue') pause % Compute the coefficients of the Newton IP a = newton_coef(x,y); % Evaluate the Newton IP at every year from 1900 to 2010 % and plot the results. hold on xx = 1900:2010; yy = newton_pval(a,x,xx); plot(xx,yy,'r-'); % Evaluating the Newton IP at 1975 and plot the results. z = newton_pval(a,x,1975); plot(1975,z,'ks'); text(1975,z-10,num2str(z)); hold off