%filename Prob_3c.m %To solve part c, insert the data: vp = [ 1 5 10 20 40 60 100 200 400 760] T = [-36.7 -19.6 -11.5 -2.6 7.6 15.4 26.1 42.2 60.6 80.1] % Make vp and T available in fit2 global vp T % set initial guesses of parameters p0(1) = 10; p0(2) = 2000; p0(3) = 273; % call least squares minimization ls = fmins('fit_c',p0) %The result is ls = 5.7673 677.09 153.89. % To compute the sum of squares of errors: vpfit1=(vp - 10.^(ls(1) - ls(2)./(T+ls(3)))) norm(vpfit1) % norm = 16.3412 %To compute the norm based on the logarithm of the vapor pressure vpfit2 = log10(vp) - (ls(1) - ls(2)./(T+ls(3))); norm(vpfit2) % norm = 0.0472281