% E6_6 - Example 6.6 in book clc clear format compact K = 8 p = [1 4 5 (2+2*K)]; r = roots (p) K = 10 p = [1 4 5 (2+2*K)]; r = roots (p) % Program to check stability for a range of K's for K = 7:10 disp (['K = ' num2str(K)]) p = [1 4 5 (2+2*K)]; % or just p(4) = 2+2*K r = roots(p) stable = true; for i = 1:length(r) if (real(r(i)) >= 0) stable = false; break; end end if (stable) disp ('stable'); else disp ('not stable'); end % alternative code if (all (real(r) < 0)) disp ('the system is stable'); else disp ('the system is not stable'); end end