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Question 1
1.1. In the metric system, fluid flow is measured in cubic meters per second (m3/s). A cubic
foot per second (ft3/s) is equivalent to 0.028 m3/s. Write a m.file titled flowrate that
will prompt the user for flow in m3/s and will print the equivalent flow rate in ft3/s.

Hint this should be the output:

>> flowrate
Enter the flow in m^3/s :15.2
A flow rate of 15.200 meters per sec
is equivalent to 542.857 feet per sec
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1.2. Create row of vectors starting with 2, decreasing in increment of -1 to -9

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1.3. Create a random matrix (4x4)
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1.3.1. Fill the second row with 2 4 6 7.
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1.3.2. Fill the first column with 3s.
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1.3.3. Fill the third row with ones.
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1.2. Working on the workspace plot exp(-x) for values of −1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3 in steps of 0.2. Label
the x-axes, y-axes and title of the graph as x, y and Exp(-x).
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Question 2
2.1. Using OCTAVE solve 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥3 for the following equations:

−2𝑥1 + 𝑥3 = −4
−3𝑥1 + 4𝑥2 − 2𝑥3 = 3
𝑥1 − 7𝑥2 − 5𝑥3 = 6
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2.2. Figure 1 shows three reactors connected by pipes the volumetric flow rate is tabulated
in table 1:

Figure 1. Three reactors linked by pipes

Table 1

Volumetric flow rate 𝒎𝟑⁄

𝒔
Q1 500
Q3 180
Q33 100
Q13 45
Q12 90
Q23 70
Q21 30

2.2.1. Develop the mass balance for each reactor.

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2.2.2. Using OCTAVE find the following concentrations 𝑐1 , 𝑐2 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐3 .

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Question 3

3.1. Create two column vectors T=[5:5:25]’ and S=[27:2:33]’. Then, by only using the name of the
vectors (T and S), create a column vector R that is made from the elements of T followed by
the elements of S.
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3.2. Define the variables 𝑥 = 3.4 and 𝑦 = 5.8, and then use them to create a row vector (assign
it to a variable named e) that has the following elements: 𝑥⁄𝑦, 𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑥 𝑦 , 𝑥 × 𝑦, 𝑦 2 and 𝑥.

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3.3. Create a variable g that is a row vector in which the first element is 3 and the last element is
27, with an increment of 4 between the elements (3, 7, 11, … , 27).
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3.4. Create the following matrix by typing one command. Do not type individual elements
explicitly
D=
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
8 6 4 2
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3.5. Create the following matrix by typing one command. Do not type individual elements
explicitly

G=

1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 1 1 (4)

3.6. Create the following three row vectors: a=[5 8 -1 0 2], b=[4 1 9 -2 3], and c=[-3 5 0 6 1].
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3.7. Use the three vectors in a OCTAVE command to create a nine-element row vector consisting
from the first three elements of the vectors a, b, and c, respectively (i.e., 5 8 -1 4 1 9 -3 5 0).
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3.8. (Use the three vectors in a OCTAVE command to create a nine-element column vector
consisting from the last three elements of the vectors a, b, and c, respectively
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Question 4

A thin nanosurface that has a single point exposed to an external source of heat at 600 ℃ together
with edges that are cooled to 5 ℃. After a while, the temperature will become constant throughout
the surface. Of course, the closer a point is to the source of heat, the hotter it will be, and the closer
a point is to an edge, the cooler it will be. For a steady state, you expect that the temperature at any
point to be the average of the temperatures around it. Using the an approximation, you get the
following results:

Figure 2. A grid of thin nanosurface

Where,

5 + 𝑡2 + 𝑡5 + 5
𝑡1 =
4

5 + 𝑡3 + 𝑡6 + 𝑡1
𝑡2 =
4
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𝑡4 + 605 + 𝑡2
𝑡3 =
4

10 + 2𝑡3
𝑡4 =
4

𝑡1 + 𝑡6 + 𝑡7 + 5
𝑡5 =
4

𝑡2 + 600 + 𝑡8 + 𝑡5
𝑡6 =
4

𝑡5 + 𝑡8 + 𝑡9 + 5
𝑡7 =
4

2𝑡6 + 2𝑡7
𝑡8 =
4

2𝑡7 + 10
𝑡9 =
4

4.1. Find the linear equation. Use OCTAVE to find 𝑡1 , 𝑡2 , 𝑡3 , 𝑡4 , 𝑡5 , 𝑡6 , 𝑡7 , 𝑡8 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡9

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