//page 271 //Example 8.2 clc; clear; close; a = round(rand(1,2) * 10) b = round(rand(1,2) * 10) disp(a,'a = '); disp(b,'b = '); x1 = a(1); x2 = a(2); y1 = b(1); y2 = b(2); t = x1*y1 - x2*y1 - x1*y2 + 4*x2*y2; disp(t,'Then, a|b = '); //end