%f = inline('cos(x)-x.^3');

f = inline('x.^3 + 4*x.^2 - 10');  
a=1; b=2;
x0 =0; x1=1;
x2 = x1-((f(x1)*(x1-x0))/(f(x1)-f(x0))); 
iter=0;  
eps=10^(-6);
if ((f(a)*f(b))< 0) 
while (abs(x2-x1)>eps)  
    iter=iter+1;  
		   x0=x1;
           x1=x2;
           x2 = x1-((f(x1)*(x1-x0))/(f(x1)-f(x0)));  
           fprintf('For iteration =%d \t , the solution is x0=%f\n',iter,x0)
end   
         fprintf('The final solution is x0 = %f \n',x0) ; 
else 
disp('There is no solution in [a,b]')
end