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  1. function out = whereDidItGo(file)
  2.     % Read the data from the Excel file
  3.     data = xlsread(file);
  4.     velocities = data(:, 1); % First column: initial velocities
  5.     angles = data(:, 2);      % Second column: launch angles
  6.  
  7.     g = 9.8; % Acceleration due to gravity (m/s^2)
  8.     maxHeight = -Inf; % Variable to store maximum height
  9.     maxIndex = 0;     % Index of the trajectory with the maximum height
  10.  
  11.     % Initialize arrays to store time and horizontal distance
  12.     timeArray = zeros(length(velocities), 1);
  13.     horizontalDistanceArray = zeros(length(velocities), 1);
  14.  
  15.     % Calculate the maximum height and corresponding time and distance
  16.     for i = 1:length(velocities)
  17.         % Convert angle to radians
  18.         theta = deg2rad(angles(i));
  19.  
  20.         % Time of flight
  21.         timeOfFlight = (2 * velocities(i) * sin(theta)) / g;
  22.  
  23.         % Horizontal displacement
  24.         horizontalDistance = velocities(i) * cos(theta) * timeOfFlight;
  25.  
  26.         % Calculate the maximum vertical height
  27.         height = (velocities(i)^2 * (sin(theta))^2) / (2 * g);
  28.  
  29.         % Store values for comparison
  30.         timeArray(i) = round(timeOfFlight);
  31.         horizontalDistanceArray(i) = round(horizontalDistance);
  32.  
  33.         % Update maximum height and index
  34.         if height > maxHeight
  35.             maxHeight = height;
  36.             maxIndex = i;
  37.         end
  38.     end
  39.  
  40.     % Get the results for the maximum height projectile
  41.     totalTime = timeArray(maxIndex);
  42.     totalHorizontalDistance = horizontalDistanceArray(maxIndex);
  43.  
  44.     % Create output sentence
  45.     out = sprintf('After %d seconds the firework debris will be %d meters away!', totalTime, totalHorizontalDistance);
  46.  
  47.     % Generate time vector for plots
  48.     t = linspace(0, totalTime, 100);
  49.  
  50.     % Prepare subplots
  51.     figure;
  52.  
  53.     % Calculate trajectories for plotting
  54.     for i = 1:length(velocities)
  55.         % Convert angle to radians
  56.         theta = deg2rad(angles(i));
  57.  
  58.         % Horizontal and vertical positions
  59.         x = velocities(i) * cos(theta) * t; % Horizontal position
  60.         y = velocities(i) * sin(theta) * t - 0.5 * g * t.^2; % Vertical position
  61.         vY = velocities(i) * sin(theta) - g * t; % Vertical velocity
  62.  
  63.         % Plot horizontal displacement
  64.         subplot(3, 1, 1);
  65.         hold on;
  66.         plot(t, x, 'b');
  67.  
  68.         % Highlight the trajectory with the maximum height
  69.         if i == maxIndex
  70.             plot(t, x, 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);
  71.         end
  72.     end
  73.     title('Time vs. Horizontal Displacement');
  74.     xlabel('Time (seconds)');
  75.     ylabel('Horizontal Displacement (meters)');
  76.  
  77.     % Plot vertical displacement
  78.     subplot(3, 1, 2);
  79.     hold on;
  80.     for i = 1:length(velocities)
  81.         % Re-calculate for y
  82.         theta = deg2rad(angles(i));
  83.         y = velocities(i) * sin(theta) * t - 0.5 * g * t.^2; % Vertical position
  84.         plot(t, y, 'b');
  85.  
  86.         % Highlight the trajectory with the maximum height
  87.         if i == maxIndex
  88.             plot(t, y, 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);
  89.         end
  90.     end
  91.     title('Time vs. Vertical Displacement');
  92.     xlabel('Time (seconds)');
  93.     ylabel('Vertical Displacement (meters)');
  94.  
  95.     % Plot vertical velocity
  96.     subplot(3, 1, 3);
  97.     hold on;
  98.     for i = 1:length(velocities)
  99.         % Re-calculate for vertical velocity
  100.         theta = deg2rad(angles(i));
  101.         vY = velocities(i) * sin(theta) - g * t; % Vertical velocity
  102.         plot(t, vY, 'b');
  103.  
  104.         % Highlight the trajectory with the maximum height
  105.         if i == maxIndex
  106.             plot(t, vY, 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);
  107.         end
  108.     end
  109.     title('Time vs. Vertical Velocity');
  110.     xlabel('Time (seconds)');
  111.     ylabel('Vertical Velocity (m/s)');
  112.  
  113.     % Adjust layout
  114.     tight_layout();
  115. end
  116. out = whereDidItGo('info1.xlsx');
  117. disp(out);
  118.  
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warning: Functions for spreadsheet style I/O (.xls .xlsx .sxc .ods .dbf .wk1
etc.)  are provided in the io package.  See
<https://o...content-available-to-author-only...e.io/io/>.

Please read <https://w...content-available-to-author-only...e.org/missing.html> to learn how you can
contribute missing functionality.
error: 'xlsread' undefined near line 3 column 12
error: called from
    whereDidItGo at line 3 column 10
    /home/PQufnF/prog.octave at line 116 column 5
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