//Example 5.2 clc clear x = [20 30 35 40 45 50]; y = [10 11 11.8 12.4 13.5 14.4]; X = x.^2; Y = y; n = length(Y); M1 = [sum(Y); sum(X.*Y)]; M2 = [n sum(X); sum(X) sum(X.^2)]; A = M2\M1; a = A(1); b = A(2); disp(round(a*10^4)/10^4, "a =") disp(round(b*10^4)/10^4, "b =")