comparison of secant and bisection method

   
 #include<stdio.h>  
 #include<math.h>  
 #include<time.h>  
   
 //example of function f(t), you can make any function you like  
 float f(float t)  
 {  
   return(((48.2291-30.6208*t-43) * (48.2291-30.6208*t-43)) + 35*t - 25.0);   
 }  
   
 void main()  
 {  
     
   float a = 0.1, b = 0.3, c = 0, e = 7.5e-3;  
   //a, b interval  
   //e error  
   
   int count = 1, n = 50; //n=maximum iteration  
     
   //  
   //secant  
   //  
   clock_t begin = clock();  
   do  
   {      
     c = (a*f(b) - b*f(a)) / (f(b) - f(a));  
     //c = b - (f(b)*(b-a) / (f(b) - f(a)));  
     a=b;  
     b=c;  
     printf("i No-%d  t=%f  d=%f\n",count,c, f(c));  
     count++;  
     if(count==n) break;  
   } while(fabs(f(c))&gt;e);  
   
   clock_t end = clock();  
   double time_spent = (double)(end - begin) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;  
   printf("time:%f", time_spent);  
   
   printf("\nThe required solution is %f\n",c);  
   printf("d = %f\n", f(c) + 25);  
   
   //  
   //bisection  
   //  
   double fa, fb, fc;  
   a = 0.1; b = 0.3; c = 0; e = 7.5e-3;  
   count = 1;  
   clock_t begin2 = clock();  
   do{  
     c = (a+b)/2;  
     fa = f(a);  
     fb = f(b);  
     fc = f(c);  
   
     if(fa*fc &lt; 0){  
       b = c;  
     }  
     else{  
       a = c;  
     }  
     printf("i No-%d  t=%f  d=%f\n", count, c, fc);  
     count++;  
     if(count==n) break;  
   } while(fabs(fc)&gt;e);  
   
   clock_t end2 = clock();  
   double time_spent2 = (double)(end2 - begin2) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;  
   printf("time:%f", time_spent2);  
   
   printf("\nThe required solution is %f\n",c);  
   printf("d = %f\n", fc + 25);  
   
    
 }