%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)));
 
iterMax=5;
if ((f(a)*f(b))< 0)
 for iter=1:iterMax
     
		   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