Codes:

Lagrange Polynomial:
function [px]=LagrangePolynomial(xData, yData)

px=0;

for i=1:length(xData)
p=1;
for j=1:length(xData)
if(j~=i)
p=conv(p, [1 -xData(j)])/(xData(i)-xData(j));
end

end
px=px+p*yData(i);
end
end

Newton Polynomial:
function [px]=NewtonPolynomial(xData, yData)

D=zeros(length(xData),length(xData));
D(:,1)=yData;

for j=2:length(xData)
for k=j:length(xData)
D(k,j)=(D(k,j-1)-D(k-1, j-1))/(xData(k)-xData(k-j+1));
end
end

px=[];

for i=1:length(xData)
p=D(i,i);
for j=1:i-1
p=conv(p, [1 -xData(j)]);
end

px=[0 px];

px=px+p;

end
end
Projectile:
A projectile, thrown at an angle with the ground travels through the following points:

x 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.75 4 4.5 5 5.5 6

y 0.0 11 27 35 33.75 32 27 20 11 0
Draw the traveling path of the projectile, the initial velocity, the initial angle with the
ground, and the maximum height achieved by the projectile.

Code:
clear all;
clc;
close all;

xData=[0 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.75 4 4.5 5 5.5 6];

yData=[0 11 27 35 33.75 32 27 20 11 0];

px=NewtonPolynomial(xData, yData);

% Modification of px
for i=1:length(px)
if(abs(px(i))<0.005)
px(i)=0;
end
end

x=0:0.5:6;
y=polyval(px,x);
plot(x,y)
xlabel('Time(s)')
ylabel('Height(m)')
legend('path')
hold on;

plot(xData, yData, 'o')

hold on;
g=9.8;
a=px(length(px)-2);
b=px(length(px)-1);
vx=(-g/(2*a))^(0.5);
vy=24*vx;
v=(vx^2+vy^2)^(0.5);
theta=atan2(vy, vx)*180/pi;
line([0 vx], [0 vy], 'color', 'g')
hold on;

maxHeight=max(polyval(px,0:0.1:6));
px1=px;
px1(length(px1))=-maxHeight;
xPoint=roots(px1);
plot(xPoint, [maxHeight maxHeight], '*')
title('Plot of the projectile for given data points.')
legend('Path of the projectile','Data points', 'Initial velocity', '
Maximum height')
 Plot of the projectile for given data points.
40
Path of the projectile
Data points
Initial velocity
35 X: 3
Maximum height
Y: 36

30

25
Height(m)

20

15

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time(s)