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Week 8 Monday 12-1 Class

This document contains the instructions for an assignment that is due during a Monday class. It includes 5 math problems to solve involving vector algebra, products, linear systems of equations, polar curves, and finding the sum of the roots of a polynomial equation. The student is instructed to save their work in MATLAB m-files labeled a1.m through a5.m and are given 40 minutes to complete the assignment.

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Week 8 Monday 12-1 Class

This document contains the instructions for an assignment that is due during a Monday class. It includes 5 math problems to solve involving vector algebra, products, linear systems of equations, polar curves, and finding the sum of the roots of a polynomial equation. The student is instructed to save their work in MATLAB m-files labeled a1.m through a5.m and are given 40 minutes to complete the assignment.

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Week 8

Monday 12-1 Class

Instructions: Save your answers in m-les titled a1.m, a2.m, a3.m, a4.m and a5.m respectively.
Time allowed: 40 minutes.
1. (4 marks)
Enter the following three row vectors a, b and c, and evaluate the vector algebra expressions
u = 2b - 5c and v = -3a - c if they exist:


c = [3, 1, 1, . . . , 17]
a = [1, 2, 3, . . . , 11],
b = [ 2, 4, 6, . . . , 20],
2. (3 marks)
42

tanh(n)
Evaluate the product:
n sin(n)
n=27

3. (4 marks)
Dene the coecient matrix A and the right-hand-side vector b for the linear system
x1
10x1
4x1

10x2
2x2

x2

8x3
4x3
2x3
2x3

4x4
4x4
3x4
6x4

=
=
=
=

10,
2,
2,
3.

Set up the augmented matrix [A | b] in the variable Ab, calculate the reduced row-echelon
form R and display the appropriate message: Linear system has no solutions, Linear
system has a unique solution or Linear system has infinitely may solutions.
(Decide which case is appropriate just by looking at R. You are not asked to nd a solution.)
4. (4 marks)
Create a plot of the polar curve r = 3 4 cos2 (3) for 0 2.
Give the plot a title, and save the plot in a PostScript le called aplot.ps (using print).
5. (5 marks)
The curves y = x4 and y = 4x3 + 11x2 29x intersect at four x-values: x1 , x2 , x3 and x4 .
Calculate x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 .

Week 8

Monday 12-1 Class

1. format compact
a = [1:11]
b = [2:2:20].^0.5
c = [3:-2:-17]
%check if vector addition is defined
length(b) == length(c)
%b and c have different lengths, so u does not exist
disp(b and c have different dimensions, so u does not exist)
length(a) == length(c)
%a and c have the same length, so v exists
v = -3*a - c
2. n = [27:42];
prod(tanh(n)./(n.*sin(n)))
3. format compact
A = [1 10 8 4;
-10 -2 -4 -4;
-4 0 2 3;
0 -1 -2 -6]
b = [10 -2 2 3]
Ab = [A b]
R = rref(Ab)
%only columns 1-4 are leading, so the system has a unique solution
disp(Linear system has a unique solution)
4. theta = linspace(0, 2*pi);
r = 3 - 4*(cos(3*theta)).^2;
polar(theta, r)
title(Graph of r = 3 - 4cos^2(3\theta) for \theta \in [0, 2\pi])
print -dps aplot
N.B. If you copy this solution into MATLAB, the slashes dont copy properly.
5. format compact
%define the difference function f
%note that solving f(x) = g(x) is the same as solving f(x) - g(x) = 0
f = inline(x.^4 - 4.*x.^3 - 11.*x.^2 + 29.*x)
ezplot(f, [-30 30]), figure(1), grid on
%roots of f occur for some values of x between -10 and 15, so zoom in:
ezplot(f, [-10 15]), figure(1), grid on
%roots of f occur for some values of x between -5 and 6, so zoom in again:
ezplot(f, [-5 6]), figure(1), grid on
%we observe that roots occur close to -3, 0, 2 and 5
x1 = fzero(f, [-4 -2]), x2 = fzero(f, [-1 1])
x3 = fzero(f, [1 3]), x4 = fzero(f, [4 6])
x1 + x2 + x3 + x4
%refer to the MATLAB notes for instructions on using the fzero function
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