Assignment

Assignment Set No. – 1

Name of Programme: B.Tech.

Semester: I
Course Code: MAS1002
Course Name: COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS
Name:

Instruction:
MCQ- No. of Questions- 10
Short answer 200-250 Words, No. of Questions- 15
Long answer question, Long Answers: 400-450 words, No. of Questions- 10

MCQ
Sr Answer Options
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Question CO
N A B C D
o.
The Delta (Δ) of power two is called the CO1
1 First Second Third Forth
____order difference operator.
CO1
2 The relationship between E and Δ is E= 1- Δ E= 1+ Δ E= Δ -1 E= Δ
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for both CO1
only for only for
equally and
Newton- Gregory Forward interpolation equally unequally None of the
3 unequally
formula can be used _____________ spaced spaced above
spaced
intervals intervals
intervals
Divided CO1
Which method can be used for both equal and Lagrange’s Cubic spline Newton’s
4 difference
unequal intervals? Method method method
method
Given n+1 data pairs, a unique polynomial of CO1
5 degree ________________ passes through n +1 n +1 or less n n or less
n +1 data points.
Find n for the following data if f (0.2) is asked CO1

6 0.4 0.2 1 0.8

x: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
f(x): 176 185 194 203 212 220 229
In Euler’s Method (to solve first order ordinary CO2
differential equation), ‘ℎ’ is the length of subinterval.
Observe the following statements regarding the Euler’s
Statement 1 is Statement 1 is
method. Statement 1 Statement 1
true, but false, but
7 Statement 1: If ‘ℎ’ is small, then the method is too and Statement and Statement
Statement 2 is statement 2 is
slow. 2 both are false 2 both are true.
false true
Statement 2: If ‘ℎ’ is large, then the method gives
highly errorful values.
Which of the following option is most appropriate?
Match the following: CO2

Set P P1 - Q3 P1 – Q2 P1 – Q4 P1 – Q4
P1 Bisection Method P2 - Q2 P2 – Q1 P2 – Q1 P2 – Q3
8 P2 Interpolation with unequal interval P3 - Q4 P3 - Q4 P3 – Q3 P3 – Q2
P3 Newton Raphson Method P4 - Q1 P4 – Q3 P4 – Q2 P4 – Q1
P4 Simpson’s 1/3 rule
Set Q
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Q1 Lagrange’s interpolation formula
Q2 Numerical Integration
Q3 Quadratic rate of convergence
Q4 Linear rate of convergence
Observe the following statements regarding the solution CO2
of algebraic and transcendental equation 𝑓(𝑥) = 0.
Statement 1: Bisection method has linear rate of
convergence and always converge towards the root of Statement 1 is Statement 1 is
Statement 1 Statement 1
the equation. true, but false, but
9 Statement 2: Newton Raphson method has quadratic Statement 2 is statement 2 is
and Statement and Statement
2 both are false 2 both are true.
rate of convergence and converge towards the root of false true
the equation subject to the value of first order derivative
of 𝑓(𝑥).
Which of the following option is most appropriate?
Which one of the following options is most No positive CO2
10 appropriate for the interval, in which the positive real (0, 1) (1, 2) (3, 4) real root is
root of the equation 𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 + 1 = 0 lies? possible

Short Answer Questions (200-250 Words)

Sr.
Question CO
No.
CO1
1 Evaluate Δ (log ax) .
Form the forward difference table for the function 𝑓 (𝑥) =𝑥3−2𝑥2−3𝑥−1 for 𝑥= 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. CO1

2
Hence or otherwise find Δ 3𝑓 (𝑥), also show that Δ 4𝑓(𝑥) =0

Using Newton’s backward difference formula, construct an interpolating polynomial of degree 3 for the data: CO1
3 f (– 0.75) = – 0.0718125, f (– 0.5) = – 0.02475, f (– 0.25) = 0.3349375, f (0) = 1.10100. Hence find f (– 1/3).
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Find the cubic polynomial which takes the following values using Newton’s forward interpolation formula: CO1

Marks 0 1 2 3
4
No. of 1 2 1 10
students

Hence evaluate f (4).

Employ Stirling’s formula to compute tan 16° from the following table CO1

5 θ (degree) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
y = tan θ 0 0.0875 0.1763 0.2679 0.3640 0.4663 0.5774

Given the values CO1

x: 5 7 11 13 17
6
f(x): 150 392 1452 2366 5202

evaluate f (9), using Lagrange’s formula.

Find the polynomial f (x) by using Lagrange’s formula and hence find f (3) for CO1

x: 0 1 2 5
7
f(x): 2 3 12 147

Evaluate the following integral by using Simpson’s 1/3 rule. (Take length of each sub-interval as 1) CO2
6
8 1
∫ 𝑑𝑥
1 + 𝑥2
0
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Find the smallest positive root of the equation 3𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 2 + 8 = 0, correct to 4 places of decimals by using CO2
9
Newton Raphson method.
Find a real root of the equation 𝑥 log10 𝑥 − 1.2 = 0, correct to three decimal places by using Regula Falsi CO2
10
method.
Find a positive real root of the equation 𝑥 3 − 48 = 0, correct to three decimal places by using Newton CO2
11
Raphson method.
Evaluate the following integral by using Simpson’s rule. (Take ℎ = 0.25) CO2
2
12
∫ 𝑒 −𝑥 𝑑𝑥
0
CO2

13

CO2

14

Hence compute an approximate value of π in each case

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CO2

suitable integration formula.

15
𝒙 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
𝒚 = 𝒇(𝒙) 543 512 501 489 453 400 352 310 250 172 95

Long Answer Questions (400-450 Words)

Sr.
Question CO
No.
Find the missing values in the following table: CO1

1 𝒙 𝟎 𝟓 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟓 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟓
𝒇(𝒙) 6 ? 13 17 22 ?
From the following table, estimate the number of students who obtained CO1
marks between 40 and 45:

2 Marks 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No. of 31 42 51 35 31
students
The table gives the distance in nautical miles of the visible horizon for the given heights in feet CO1
above the earth’s surface:
3
x= 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
height:
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y= 10.63 13.03 15.04 16.81 18.42 19.90 21.27
distance:

Find the values of y when

(i) x = 160
(ii) x = 410.
Find the missing term in the following table using Lagrange’s interpolation: CO1

4
x: 0 1 2 3 4
y: 1 3 9 ? 81
A curve passes through the points (0, 18), (1, 10), (3, –18) and (6, 90). Find the slope of the curve CO1
5
at x = 2.
Apply bisection method to find the smallest positive real root of the following equation correct to
6 three decimal places. CO2
𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 + 1 = 0
Apply Regula Falsi method (or Method of False Position) to find the root (lying between 2 and 4) CO2
7 of the following equation, correct to two decimal places.
𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 + 1 = 0
Using the Bisection method, find the root of the equation (0.1)𝑥 − log 𝑒 𝑥 = 0 lying between 1 CO2
8
and 2, correct to two places of decimals.
CO2

The speed, v meters per second, of a car, t seconds after it starts, is shown in the following table: CO2
10
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