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hi I've search and read but I couldn't solve this one in matlab. please help me out to solve this problem integral_0^1 x^n e^(x-1) dx

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  • first of all, you should show your effort so far. second, on SO latex syntax is not supported. third, `n` stays variable or not? You should clarify your question. It's easy to figure it out, but you should sort it in a clearer way. – fpe Apr 15 '13 at 19:18

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Generally, you can use different approaches to calculate the required integral:

1) Symbolic Toolbox --> I'd go for this one because of considerations on n

syms x n;

f = x.^n.*exp( x - 1 );

int(f,0,1)

2) quad, integral functions

g = @(n) (integral(@(x) x.^n.*exp(x-1),0,1));
g = @(n) (quad(@(x) x.^n.*exp(x-1),0,1));

Then you can evaluate the result depending on n.

3) trapz function

x = 0:.001:1;
y = x.^n.*exp( x - 1 );
trapz(x,y)

But, in this specific case, the calculation of the integral is driven by the exponent n.

Since I suppose and assume that you know how the integral of 'x.^n' behaves for different n, I will skip the discussion.

fpe
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