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Module 2 Practice Exercise

The document contains practice questions for a course on Numerical Methods, specifically focusing on matrices and systems of equations. It includes various problems such as writing equations in matrix form, performing Gauss elimination, Crout's decomposition, and solving systems using different techniques like Gauss-Jordan and iterative methods. Additionally, it addresses a practical problem involving suspended masses and their displacements.

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Module 2 Practice Exercise

The document contains practice questions for a course on Numerical Methods, specifically focusing on matrices and systems of equations. It includes various problems such as writing equations in matrix form, performing Gauss elimination, Crout's decomposition, and solving systems using different techniques like Gauss-Jordan and iterative methods. Additionally, it addresses a practical problem involving suspended masses and their displacements.

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THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MINES AND MINERAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

NUMERICAL METHODS: MA 311


MATRICES PRACTICE QUESTIONS
DATE: 18/02/2025
Q1. Consider the following system of equations:
7 x1  2 x2  3x3   12
2 x1  5 x2  3x3   20
x1  x2  6 x3   26

(i) Write the equation in the form Ax=b (ii) Compute the upper triangular matrix U using Gauss

Elimination. The end result of Gauss Elimination (without back-substitution) is matrix U. (iii)

Compute the lower triangular matrix L. The coefficients used in Gauss elimination to construct

the matrix U from the elements of matrix L. (iv) Find the solution of the system of equations using

forward and back substitution. Also solve the system for an alternative right-hand-side vector

[b]T = [12 18 -6].

Q 2. Perform Crout’s decomposition on:

2 x1  5 x2  x3  12
 x1  3x2  x3   8
3x1  4 x2  2 x3  16

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Q 3. Solve the following system of equations using the Gauss elimination method
2 x1  x2  x3  2 x4  0
x1  2 x2  x3  4 x4  3
3x1  x2  2 x3  x4   6
 x1  2 x2  x3  2 x4  15

Q 4. Solve by Gauss-Jordan technique

 2 1 1  x1   2
5 2 2   x   9 
  2  
 3 1 1   x3   5 

Q 5. Three masses are suspended vertically by a series of identical springs where mass 1 is at the

top and mass 3 is at the bottom. If g = 9.81 m/s2, m1 = 2 kg, m2 = 3 kg, m3 = 2.5 kg, and the k’s =

10 kg/s2, solve for the displacements x.

Q 6. Solve using Gauss elimination technique


x1  x2  x3  3
6 x1  2 x2  2 x3  2
3x1  4 x2  x3  1

Q 7. For the following system of equations:


8 x1  2 x2  3x3  51
2 x1  5 x2  x3  23
3x1  x2  6 x3  20

(i) Use the Gauss–Seidel iterative method to εs ≤ 5%. (ii) Repeat with Jacobi iteration (iii) which

of the two methods is computationally efficient? NB: For the first guess of the solution, take the

value of all the unknowns to be zero.

THE END

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