function out = verticalRegion(a, b, f, g) %VERTICALREGION is a version for Matlab of the routine on page 157 % of "Multivariable Calculus and Mathematica" for viewing the region % bounded by two curves. f and g must be names of functions; % a and b are the limits. The function f is plotted in red and the % function g in blue, and lines are drawn connecting the two curves % to illustrate the region they bound. genplot(f,a:(b-a)/40:b,'plot','r'); hold on genplot(g, a:(b-a)/40:b,'plot','b'); fin=inline(vectorize(f)); gin=inline(vectorize(g)); for x=a:(b-a)/20:b, Y=[fin(x), gin(x)]; plot([x, x], Y, 'c'); end hold off