function q = q1(a) x=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]; y=[0,2,6,10,12,10,7,5,1,0]; N=1 for r=min(x):1:max(x) if x(N) < 5 y1(N)=10*x(N)*a(1) +a(2); elseif x(N) >= 5 y1(N)=-10*x(N)*a(1) +a(3); endif N=N+1; endfor y2 = (y-y1).^2 q=sum(y2) a endfunction