Exercises

1. Determine whether the following data set is best approximated as an exponential function or a power law function. Do both data fits and compare the two different graphs. You can graph two different graphs so the first does not get replaced by the second using the following commands.

   figure(1); plot(…
figure(2); plot(…

   x = 2 4 5 7
   y = 7 54 150 1000

   
   
   Exponential data fitting
   
   
   Power law data fitting
   
   The exponential data fitting is closer to the data points than the power law.