Chapter Test-EC/EE/IN Engineering Mathematics

Numerical Methods

Answer Keys and Explanations

1. [Ans. *] Range: 2.30 to 2.35

Let ( )
( )
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )

2. [Ans. *] Range: 3.375 to 3.375

( )

( )
( )
( )
( )

( )
Root lies in [3.25, 3.5]

3. [Ans. A]
Given ( )

Now, For initial value

( )
( )
( )
|

First approximation is much near to

Option (A) is correct.

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4. [Ans. *] Range: 1.916 to 1.917

√ ; ;
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )

5. [Ans. *] Range: 4 to 4
( )
Maximum number if positive real roots for f(x) are number of sign changes in the coefficients
of x for f(x)
( )

There is no sign change.

Maximum number of negative real roots of f(x) is number of sign changes in the coefficients of
x for ( )
( )

Total real roots = Positive real roots+ Negative real roots

=4

6. [Ans. C]

From graphs, there would be exactly one point where

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7. [Ans. *] Range: 2.080 to 2.084

For ( ) , for which approximated root has to be found in (a, b) using results false method is
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )

( )
( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )

8. [Ans. A]

9. [Ans. D]
For regular – ‘ ’ ( ) in (a, b) is given by
( ) ( )
( ) ( )

10. [Ans. *] Range : 14 to 14

For a cubic polynomial

11. [Ans. *] Range: 0.10033 to 0.10033

Using Runge-kutta method of fourth order

( )

( )

( )
( )
( )

( )

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( ( ) )

( ( ) )

( )

12. [Ans. A]
Let ( )
Iterative equation using N-R method is
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )

Option (A) is correct.

13. [Ans. *] Range: 100 to 100

x y
Third
3 2.7
term
3.7
4 6.4 2.4
6.1 0.6
5 12.5 3.0
9.1 0.6
6 21.6 3.6
12.7 0.6
7 34.3 4.2
16.9 0.6
8 51.2 4.8
21.7 0.6
9 72.4 5.4
27.1
10 100

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14. [Ans. *] Range: 1.70 to 1.72

As ( )
For iterative equation

15. [Ans. *] Range: 1.22-1.23

Using Forward Euler method
( )
( )

( )

( )
( )
( )
( )
( )

16. [Ans. C]
For convergence of N-R method iteration

* +

17. [Ans. *] Range: 0.97372-0.97373

The Differential equation
( )
( )
Forward-Euler method (Predictor)
( )
( )

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( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
Predictor corrector: *( ) ( )+

( )
( ( ) )
( )
( )( ) ( )

( )
( )( ) ( )

18. [Ans. *] Range: 0.66 to 0.67

Error in three equations is

( )

( ) ( ) ( )
For minimum value of sum of squares
( )
( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( )

19. [Ans. B]
First approximation using second order R-K method

( )
( )
( )

( )

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( )
( )

20. [Ans. B]
For bisection method

Option (C) is correct answer.

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