//Ex:7.19 clc; clear; close; L1=1.5;// length in km L2=2/1000;// length in km Pi=50.1*10^-6;// optical power in W Po=385.4*10^-6;// output power in W a=(10/(L1-L2))*log(Po/Pi)/log(10);// attenuation per km printf("The attenuation per km =%f dB/km", a);