// Scott DeRuiter 9/22/2002
// Fourth.java
// User inputs the coefficients for a fourth degree polynomial and an x value.
// The function value is calculated and printed.
// 7/15/2011 - Greenstein: Changed TextReader to Scanner, added import Math
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.lang.Math;
public class Fourth
{
public static void main ( String [] args )
{
int A, B, C, D, E;
double x, result;
Scanner pickitup = new Scanner ( System.in );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the fourth degree coefficient -> " );
A = pickitup.nextInt ( );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the cubic coefficient -> " );
B = pickitup.nextInt ( );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the quadratic coefficient -> " );
C = pickitup.nextInt ( );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the linear coefficient -> " );
D = pickitup.nextInt ( );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the constant coefficient -> " );
E = pickitup.nextInt ( );
System.out.print ( "\n\nEnter the input value (x) -> " );
x = pickitup.nextDouble ( );
result = (double)A * Math.pow ( x, 4 ) + (double)B * Math.pow ( x, 3 ) +
(double)C * Math.pow ( x, 2 ) + (double)D * x + E;
System.out.println ( A + "x^4 + " + B + "x^3 + " + C + "x^2 + " +
D + "x + " + E + " = " + result );
System.out.println ( "when x = " + x );
}
}
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