Department of Mathematics & Computing

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

B. Tech., Semester-4, Subject: Numerical and Statistical Methods
Tutorial Sheet-I (Numerical Methods)

Note: Answers have been given against each question.

1. Find a positive root of xex − 1 = 0 by bisection method correct to to decimal places. (Ans: 0.5701)

2. Find a root of 3x − log10 x − 6 = 0 by bisection method correct to two decimal places. (Ans: 2.108)

3. Find a real root of x3 + x2 − 100 = 0 correct to three places of decimal by bisection method. (Ans: 4.331)

4. Find a real root of the equations correct to two places of decimal by the method of false-position.

(a) x + loge x − 2 = 0 (Ans: 1.66)

(b) ex − 2x − 3 = 0 (Ans: 1.92)

(c) x log10 x − 1.2 = 0 (Ans: 2.74)

5. Find a real root of each equation correct to two places of decimal by Newton-Raphson method.

(a) 3x − loge x − 6 = 0 (Ans: 2.108)

(b) 3x + sin x − ex = 0 (Ans: 0.360)

(c) ex − 2x − 3 = 0 (Ans: 1.9240)

6. Find a real root of the equations correct to three places of decimal by general iterative method.

(a) x3 + x − 100 = 0 in (4, 5) (Ans: 4.3311)

(b) x3 + x − 1 = 0 (Ans: 0.687)

(c) 3x − log10 x − 6 = 0 (Ans: 2.108)

7. Solve the system of linear equations by Gauss elimination.

(a) 2x − 3y + z = −1, x + 4y − 3z = 0, 3x − y + 4z = 13. (Ans: (1,2,3) )

(b) 2y − 3z = −5, x + 4y − 7z + t = −8, 2x − y − t = −4, x + y + z = 6. (Ans: (1,2,3,4) )

8. Solve the following system by Gauss-Jordan method.

(a) x − y + 2z = 5, 3x + y − z = 2, 2x − 3y + z = −1. (Ans: (1,2,3) )

(b) 2x1 + 3x2 + x3 = 13, x1 − x2 − 2x3 = −1, 3x1 + x2 + 4x3 = 15 (Ans: (3,2,1))

9. Solve the system of equations by Crout’s factorization method.

3x − y + 2z = 12, x + 2y + 3z = 11, 2x − 2y − 3z = −2. (Ans: (3,1,2) )
10. Solve the equations by LU factorization method.
2x − y + z = 3, x + y + z = 6, 3x + y − z = 2. (Ans: (1,2,3) )

11. Solve the equations by LU factorization method.

x1 + x2 + 2x3 = 4, 3x1 + x2 − 3x3 = −4, 2x1 − 3x2 − 5x3 = −5. (Ans: (1,-1,2) )

12. Determine the approximate solution by performing three iterations of Jacobi method.
x1 − 2x2 + 5x3 = 12, 5x1 + 2x2 − x3 = 6, 2x1 + 6x2 − 3x3 = 5. (Ans: (1.04, 0.71, 1.71)

13. Determine the approximate solution by performing three iterations of Gauss-Seidel method.
x-4y+z = 5, 4x + 2y-z = 10, x+y-4z =0 (Ans: 1.35, 1.50, 3.0)