Tutorial 2
Tutorial 2
Tutorial-2
Applied Mathematics for Electrical Engineering (3130908)
Topic: Roots of Algebraic and Transcendental Equations
1. Find the positive root of x cos x correct up to three decimal places by bisection
method
2. Find a real root of the x3 x 1 0 correct up to six decimal places.
3. Find a root of the following equation, using the bisection method correct to three
decimal places :
(i) x3 x 11 0 (ii)2 x3 x 2 20 x 12 0
(iii) x 4 x 10 0 (iv) x log10 x 1.2
4. Find a root of the following equation, using the secant method correct to three
decimal places :