Karmila Kamil

Numerical Methods COEB 223

Semester 1 2013/2014


Tutorial 7
INTEGRATION
1. Evaluate dk k k ) 2 9 2 (
18
0
2

using the multiple Simpsons 1/3 rule with n = 6.

Answer: I=2466 (15 marks)

2. Evaluate the same integral in Question 2 using the three-point Gauss Legendre
method.
Answer: I2466 (15 marks)
3. Evaluate dx x

5
3
3 4 using a suitable combination of the Simpsons 1/3 rule and the
Simpsons 3/8 rule, with n = 5.
Answer: I=8
4. Miss Mimo is a fashion designer and knows very little about integration. She would
like to calculate the area under two curves (see Figure 1 below) from X = 0 to X = 6.
Given:
Curve 1 lies in the region of X = 0 to X = 3, where 1 5 2 ) (
2
X X X F
Curve 2 lies in the region of X = 3 to X = 6, where 9 2 3 ) (
2
X X X F
Use the 3-points Gauss Quadrature method and to help her calculate the total area
under the curves.
Answer: I=286.5 (20 marks)






Figure 1

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Karmila Kamil
Numerical Methods COEB 223
Semester 1 2013/2014

5. In an experiment studying the motion of a supersonic missile, the velocity of the
missile, V is found to vary with the time, t according to the following equation:
t t t t V
2 3
3 2 ) (
It is well known that the distance covered by the missile can be found using
integration of the equation above.
Using a constant interval size of 2, use a combination of Simpsons 3/8 rule and
multiple Simpsons 1/3 rule with n = 4 to calculate the distance travelled by the
missile from t = 1 to t = 15.
Answer: I=28724.0454 [15 marks]

Semester 1 2010/2011, Answer :
6.