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This document contains instructions and questions for a numerical and statistical methods exam for civil engineering students. It has 5 main questions testing concepts like probability, interpolation, regression analysis, numerical integration, and solving systems of equations. The questions cover topics such as the bisection method, Newton's method, normal distribution, mean, median, mode, and statistical analysis techniques like correlation and regression. Students are asked to show calculations to solve problems related to these statistical and numerical analysis concepts.

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Gujarat Technological University

This document contains instructions and questions for a numerical and statistical methods exam for civil engineering students. It has 5 main questions testing concepts like probability, interpolation, regression analysis, numerical integration, and solving systems of equations. The questions cover topics such as the bisection method, Newton's method, normal distribution, mean, median, mode, and statistical analysis techniques like correlation and regression. Students are asked to show calculations to solve problems related to these statistical and numerical analysis concepts.

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

___________

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER–IV (NEW) - EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2017
Subject Code: 2140606 Date: 30/05/2017
Subject Name: Numerical and Statistical Methods for Civil Engineering
Time: 10:30 AM to 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Statistical Tables are required.

MARKS
Q.1 Short Questions 14
1 In tossing 3 balanced coins, what is the probability of getting 2 heads?
2 Compute P  A  , if P  A   0 . 6 , P  B   0 . 7 and P  A  B   0 . 3
B
3 What is the point of intersection of two regression lines: y on x and x
on y?
4 Write the name of interpolation methods for unequally spaced
arguments.
5 Write diagonally dominant condition for system of linear equations.
6 What is the convergent rate of Bisection method and Newton’s
Raphson method?
7 If the values of regression coefficients b xy  0 . 8 and b yx  0 . 4 , then
find the correlation coefficient r .
8 x
Is f x   , x  0 ,1 , 2 , 3 , 4 define probability distribution? Jusify your
6
answer.
9 Define: Positive correlation and Negative correlation.
10 Can we take initial interval  0 ,1  to solve f  x   x 3  2 x  1 using
Bisection method? Justify.
11 What is mathematical expectation if we stand to win $8 if and only if a
balanced coin comes up heads?
12 Rank correlation method is used for which type of data? And what is
the range of rank correlation coefficient?
13 What is the degree of precision for 3 point Gauss Integration formula.
14 Write mean and variance of Poisson distribution.
Q.2 (a) Perform three iterations of the bisection method to obtain the 03
approximate root of the equation 2 sin x  x  0 . Take 1 , 2  as initial
interval.
(b) Find the real root of the equation 3 x  cos x  1 , taking x 0  1 by 04
Newton Raphson method correct to four decimal places.
(c) In environmental Geology computer simulation was employed to 07
estimate how far a block from a collapsing rock wall bounce down a
soil slope. Based on the depth, location and angle of block soil impact
marks left on the slope of the actual rock fall, the following 10 rebound
lengths(meters) were estimated. Compute mean, median, mode,
standard deviation and variance of the rebounds.
10.2 9.5 8.3 9.7 9.5 11.1 7.8 8.8 9.5 10

1
OR
(c) i) Write assumptions of Binomial Distribution. 07
ii) The following table gives the probabilities that a certain computer
will malfunction 0,1,2,3,4,5 or 6 times on any one day:
No. of
mal-
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
functions
x :
Prob.
0.17 0.29 0.27 0.16 0.07 0.03 0.01
f x 

Find the mean and standard deviation of this probability distribution.


Q.3 (a) In producing screws, let A mean “screw too slim” and B “screw too 03
short”. Let P  A   0 . 1 and let the conditional probability that a slim
screw is also too small be 
P B
A
  0 .2 . What is the probability that
the screw that we pick randomly from the lot produced will be both too
slim and too short?
(b) The breaking strength X[kg] of a certain type of plastic block is 04
normally distributed with a mean of 1250 kg and a standard deviation
of 55 kg. What is the maximum load such that we can expect no more
than 5% of the block to break?
(c) Three boxes contain 10%, 20% and 30% of defective finger joints. A 07
finger joint is selected at random which is defective. Determine the
probability that it comes from
i) 1st box ii) 2nd box iii) 3rd box
OR
Q.3 (a) The following data represents the rank of 10 students in two subjects, 03
Environmental Studies (ES) and Mechanics of Solids (MoS). Find the
rank correlations.
ES 4 5 7 8 10 1 3 6 2 9
MoS 3 4 7 9 10 8 6 5 2 1
(b) Compute correlation coefficient between X and Y using the following 04
data:
X 2 4 5 6 8 11
Y 18 12 10 8 7 5

(c) Let y    3 / 2  x  13 and x    1 / 6  y  31 / 6  be the two regression 07


lines.
i) Find the mean value and coefficient of correlation between x and y
ii) If the variance of y is 4, find the standard deviation of x .
Q.4 1 03
(a) Prove the relation: i)   E 1 ii)    E  E 2

(b) Derive normal equations to fit a quadratic curve y  a 0  a1 x  a 2 x 2 04


using Least Squares method.
(c) Fit a straight line to the x and y values from the following table, 07
and use the equation to determine the value of y when x  2 . 4 .
x : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y : 0.5 2.5 2.0 4.0 3.5 6.0 5.5
OR

2
Q.4 (a) 03
A wind force distributed against the side of a skyscraper is measured as
Height l , m 0 30 60 90 120
Force, 0 350 1000 1500 2600
F  l , N / m
Use Simpson’s 1/3rd rule to compute the net force.
(b) The shear stress, n kips per square foot(ksf), of four specimens taken at 04
various depth in a clay stratum are:
Depath, m 2 3 5 7
Stress, ksf 0.1506 0.3001 0.4517 0.6259
Use Lagrange’s interpolation formula to estimate the shear stress at a
depth of 4 m.

(c) Compute the values of f  x  at x  0 . 02 and x  0 . 38 using 07


Newton’s Forward difference and Newton’s Backward difference
interpolation formula respectively for the data given below.

x 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4


f x  1.0000 1.1052 1.2214 1.3499 1.4918
Q.5 (a) A river is 50 feet wide. The depth d in feet at a x feet from one bank is 03
given by:
x 0 10 20 30 40 50
d 0 4 7 9 12 15
Use Trapezoidal rule to find the area of cross-section of the river
50
A   d dx .
0
(b) Solve the following system of equations using Gauss elimination 04
method.
3 x  4 y  5 z  40 ; 2 x  3 y  4 z  13 ; x y  z  9
(c) Check diagonally dominant condition for the following system, and 07
then solve the system using Gauss Seidel method.
30 x  2 y  3 z  75 ; 2 x  2 y  18 z  30 ; x  17 y  2 z  48
OR
Q.5 (a) Use Euler’s method to find the approximate value of y at x  1 .3 03
dy y  x
taking h=0.1.Given  and y 1   2.
dx xy
(b) dy 04
 1  y , y 0   0 , using Taylor’s series method and find the
2
Solve
dx
value of y for x  0 .2 ,taking h=0.2.
(c) dy 07
Solve the differential equation  x  y, using the 4th order Runge-
dx
Kutta method, where y  0   1, from x  0 to x  0 .2 taking step size
0.1.

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