Using loop to solve a summation

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Oscar H
Oscar H on 7 Feb 2019
Commented: Ishmael Asad on 23 Apr 2021
Is this correct
m=0
for m=0:1200
x=sum(1/factorial(m))
end

Answers (2)

Star Strider
Star Strider on 7 Feb 2019
No, because you need to subscript ‘m’ and sum ‘x’ in each iteration.
However you do not need the loop:
m=0:1200;
x=sum(1./factorial(m))

Kevin Phung
Kevin Phung on 7 Feb 2019
Edited: Kevin Phung on 7 Feb 2019
No, you need to increment m with each step and add each partial sum.
This is what you need:
x= 0
for m = 0:1200
x = x + 1/factorial(m(i))
end
  2 Comments
Colby Jennings
Colby Jennings on 15 Apr 2021
why x if there is no x in the equation
Ishmael Asad
Ishmael Asad on 23 Apr 2021
x is just the variable that will store that whole summation

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