Identify the closest and furthest points from the origin and mark them

hi, im students for electric engineering, and matlab beginner. I want to solve this problem. use this code, and identify the Xmin/Xmax the closest/furthest points from the origin. and evaulate Xmin%Xmax<0.5 and memory. help me please.

code:

poissrnd(100,5,6)
x=-0.5+(0.5+0.5)*rand(1,100);
y =-0.5+(0.5+0.5)*rand(1,100);
axis([-0.5 0.5 -0.5 0.5])
scatter(x,y)
hold on;
idxmin = find(y == max(x));
idxmax = find(y == min(y));

[Torsten]

use this code, and identify the Xmin/Xmax the closest/furthest points from the origin. and evaulate Xmin%Xmax<0.5 and memory.

I don't understand what you write.

[Walter Roberson]

I would tend to think that you should be finding the Euclidean distance to the origin, not just look at min() and max() of the individual coordinates.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Try this:

% Original code:
poissrnd(100,5,6);
x=-0.5+(0.5+0.5)*rand(1,100);
y =-0.5+(0.5+0.5)*rand(1,100);
axis([-0.5 0.5 -0.5 0.5])
scatter(x,y)
hold on;
idxmin = find(y == max(x));
idxmax = find(y == min(y));
% Find the distances
distances = sqrt(x .^ 2 + y .^ 2);
% Find the point closest to the origin
[minDistance, indexOfMin] = min(distances)

minDistance = 0.0373

indexOfMin = 75

% Plot it.
scatter(x(indexOfMin), y(indexOfMin), 'r', 'filled')
% Find the point farthest from the origin
[maxDistance, indexOfMax] = max(distances)

maxDistance = 0.6770

indexOfMax = 26

% Plot it.
scatter(x(indexOfMax), y(indexOfMax), 'r', 'filled')
grid on;
% Move axes to the origin.
hFig = gca;
hFig.XAxisLocation = 'origin';
hFig.YAxisLocation = 'origin';