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Wachemo University College of Natural and Computational Sciences Department of Mathematics

This document provides 21 numerical worksheet problems involving finding roots of nonlinear equations using various methods such as Bisection, False Position, Newton-Raphson, Secant, and Successive Approximation. The problems involve finding roots of equations within specified intervals and to specified degrees of accuracy using the appropriate root-finding algorithms.

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Wachemo University College of Natural and Computational Sciences Department of Mathematics

This document provides 21 numerical worksheet problems involving finding roots of nonlinear equations using various methods such as Bisection, False Position, Newton-Raphson, Secant, and Successive Approximation. The problems involve finding roots of equations within specified intervals and to specified degrees of accuracy using the appropriate root-finding algorithms.

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WACHEMO UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Numerical Worksheet on Roots of Nonlinear Equations

Find the root of the following Nonlinear Equations using appropriate steps
1. Use Bisection method to find the root of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 3 – 10𝑥 2 + 5 = 0 that lies in the interval
(0.6, 0.8) correct within four decimal places.
2. Use Bisection method to find the root of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 – 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 in the interval (7, 8) correct to
four decimal places.
3. Use Bisection method to find the smallest positive root of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 = 12 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 in the interval
(0.41, 043). Use an error tolerance of ∈ = 0.0001.
4. Use method of False Position to solve the equation 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 – 1 = 0 correct to three
significant figures.
5. Use the method of False Position to solve the equation 𝑥𝑒 𝑥 – 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 = 0 correct to four
decimal places in the interval (0, 1).
6. Use the method of False Position to find a root correct to three decimal places for the function
𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 – 4𝑥 = 0.
7. Use the method of False Position to find a root of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 – 2𝑥 2 = 0 with an accuracy
of four digits. The root lies between 1 and 1.5.
8. Use the method of False Position to find a root correct to three decimal places of the function
𝑥 3 – 4𝑥 – 9 = 0.
9. A root of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 3 – 10𝑥 2 + 5 = 0 lies close to 𝑥 = 0.7. Determine this root with the
Newton-Raphson method to five decimal accuracy.
10. A root of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 – 2𝑥 2 lies in the interval (1, 2). Determine this root with the Newton-
Raphson method to five decimal accuracy.
15. Use Newton-Raphson method to find solution accurate to within 10−4 for the function
𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 – 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 in the interval (0, π/2).
16. Use the Newton-Raphson method to estimate the root of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑒 −𝑥 – 𝑥 with an initial
guess of 𝑥0 = 0 accurate to five decimal places.
17. Find a root of the equation 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 – 0.1𝑥 = 0 using the secant method with initial
approximations 𝑥0 = 2 and 𝑥1 = 3.
18. Use the Successive Approximation (fixed point iteration) method to find correct to four
decimal places a real root of 2𝑥 – 𝑙𝑜𝑔10𝑥 – 7 = 0.
19. Use the Successive Approximation (fixed point iteration) method to find correct to four
significant figures a real root of the function 𝑒 𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 – 1 = 0.
20. Find the real root of the equation 𝑥 – 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 – 0.25 = 0 to three significant digits using the
Successive Approximation (fixed point iteration) method.
21. Use the method of Successive Approximation (fixed point iteration) to determine a solution
accurate to within 10−2 for 𝑥 4 – 3𝑥 2 – 3 = 0 on [1, 2]. Use 𝑥0 = 1.

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