NUMERICAL METHODS

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Find a real root of ƒ (x) = x3 + x2 + x + 7 = 0 correct to three decimal places using
Bisection method.
2. Find the positive root, between 0 and 1, of the equation x = e–x to a tolerance of
0.05% by Bisection method.

3. Find a root, correct to three decimal places and lying between ‘0’ and 0.5 of the
equation 4e–x sin x − 1 = 0 by Bisection method.

4. Given that the equation x2.2 = 69 has a root between 5 and 8. Use the method of
Regula−falsi to determine it.

5. The equation 2x = log10 x + 7 has a root between 3 and 4. Find this root, correct to
three decimal places, by Regula−falsi method.

6. Find a real root of the equation x = e–x, using the Newton− Raphson method.
7. Using Newton−Raphson method, find a real root, correct to three decimal places of
the equation sin x = x/2 given that the root lies between /2 and .
8. Use the Newton−Raphson method to find a root of the equation: x3 − 2x − 5 = 0.
9. Use the Newton-Raphson method to obtain a root of the equation xex = cos x, correct
to three decimal places.
10. Compute, to four decimal places, the root between 1 and 2 of the equation x 3 − 2x 2 +
3x − 5 = 0 by using Newton-Raphson method.
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11. Evaluate I = ∫0 dx using Trapezoidal rule
1+x

correct to three decimal places.

12. From the following table of values of x and y, obtain 𝑑𝑦/𝑑𝑥 and 𝑑 2 𝑦/𝑑𝑥 2 for x = 1.2:
x 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2
y 2.7183 3.3210 4.0552 4.9530 6.0496 7.3891 9.0250

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13. Compute the value of ∫0.2 (sin x − log x + ex ) dx using Simpson’s 3/8 rule.
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14. Approximate ∫0 x𝑒 −0.5𝑥 dx using the trapezoidal rule with 3 strips, to three decimal
places.
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15. Approximate ∫0 √1 + 𝑥 3 dx using the trapezoidal rule with 5 strips, to three decimal
places.
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16. Use the trapezoidal rule to evaluate the integral ∫0 3𝑒 𝑥 sin 𝑥 dx with 2 strips to two
decimal places.
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17. Evaluate ∫0 𝑒 −𝑥 dx using Simpson’s 1/3 rule with 6 strips. Also calculate error in
percentage.
18. Evaluate the integral of following tabular data with the Simpson Rule and the
Trapezoidal Rule
x -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
f(x) 35 5 -10 2 5 3 20
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19. By using Simpson’s 3/8 rule, calculate ∫0 1+𝑥 2 dx with 5 strips.
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20. Use the Trapezoidal rule to estimate the integral ∫0 ex 2 dx taking the number 10
intervals.
21. Find Solution using Simpson's 3/8 rule:
x 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
f(x) 1.0000 0.9975 0.9900 0.9776 0.8604
22. Find solution using Trapezoidal rule:
x 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2
f(x) 4.0552 4.9530 6.0436 7.3891 9.0250
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23. Find the solution of an equation using Simpson’s 1/3rd rule with x0=1 and xn=2 having
x

step value 0.25 and n=4.

24. For the following values of x and y, find the first derivative of ‘y’ w.r.t. ‘x’ at x = 4. Commented [DAB[J1]: Of which variable and with respect
to which one?
x 1 2 4 8 10 Commented [AA[J2R1]: Please see the corrected version
of question
y 0 1 5 21 27

25. Given that

x 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
y 7.989 8.403 8.781 9.129 9.451 9.750 10.031
 𝑑𝑦 𝑑2 𝑦
find and at x=1.1.
𝑑𝑥 𝑑2 𝑥

26. The following data gives the velocity of a particle for twenty seconds at an interval of
five seconds. Find the initial acceleration using the entire data:
Time t (sec) 0 5 10 15 20
Velocity v (m/sec) 0 3 14 69 228
27. Find the value of cos (1.74) from the following table:
x 1.7 1.74 1.78 1.82 1.86
sin(x) 0.9916 0.9857 0.9781 0.9691 o.9584
28. Given sin 0° = 0.000, sin 10° = 0.1736, sin 20° = 0.3420, sin 30° = 0.5000, sin 40° =
0.6428, then find the numerical value of cos x at x = 10°.
29. The table below reveals the velocity v of a body during the specified time t find its
acceleration at t = 1.1
t 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
v 43.1 47.7 52.1 56.4 60.8
30. Given the following table of values of x and y:
x 1.0 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30
y 1.000 1.025 1.049 1.072 1.095 1.118 1.140
𝑑2 𝑦
Find at (a) x=1.05 (b) x=1.15
𝑑2 𝑥