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The document contains tutorial problems covering numerical methods, probability and statistics, and multivariate calculus and PDEs. The numerical methods section includes problems on Taylor polynomial approximations and Taylor series. The probability section covers problems involving conditional probability. The multivariate calculus section focuses on limits, including double limits and limits that do not exist.

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Tutorial 02

The document contains tutorial problems covering numerical methods, probability and statistics, and multivariate calculus and PDEs. The numerical methods section includes problems on Taylor polynomial approximations and Taylor series. The probability section covers problems involving conditional probability. The multivariate calculus section focuses on limits, including double limits and limits that do not exist.

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Department of Mathematics

Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa

MA1024 | Methods of Mathematics


Tutorial 02

Numerical Methods

1.
a. Approximate 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 by its Taylor polynomial of order 3 about 𝑥0 = 0.
b. Then give an upper bound to the absolute error in the interval [0,1].
c. Compare with the actual absolute error at 𝑥 = 0. 5

π 0 −6
2. Use a Taylor polynomial about 4
to approximate 𝑐𝑜𝑠 42 to an accuracy of 10 .

3
𝑥
3. For what values of 𝑥 can we replace 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑥) by the polynomial 𝑥 − 3!
with an error of
−4
Magnitude no greater than 3 × 10 .

𝑥
4. Show that the Taylor series generated by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 at 𝑥 = 0 converges to 𝑓(𝑥)
For every value of 𝑥.

5.
2 2
a. Find the Taylor series for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 /(𝑥 + 1) centered at 𝑎 = 0
b. By considering the first 3 terms of the Taylor expansion can we come with accuracy of
−6
10 while computing 𝑓(0. 1).

6.
𝑥 4
a. Find the Taylor series for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 (𝑥 + 𝑥 − 2) centered at 𝑎 = 0
b. Find 𝑓(0. 1)
c. Using the Remainder term (Truncation error) find the maximum absolute error when
(𝑛+1) 𝑛+1
𝑛=2 𝑅𝑛(𝑥) = (𝑓 (ξ(𝑥))/(𝑛 + 1)! )(𝑥 − 𝑥0)

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Probability and Statistics

1. A manufacturer knows that the probability of an order being ready on time is 0.80, and the
probability of an order being ready on time and being delivered on time is 0.72. What is the
probability of an order being delivered on time, given that it is ready on time?

2. Suppose 1% of women who enter the clinic have breast cancer, and a woman with breast
cancer has a 90% chance of getting a positive result from a mammogram, while a woman
without breast cancer has a 10% chance of getting a false positive result. What is the
probability of a woman having breast cancer, given that she just had a positive test?

3. The picture tubes for the Panasonic 32-inch color television sets are manufactured in three
locations and then shipped to the main plant in Osaka, Japan for final assembly. Plants A, B,
and C supply 45%, 37%, and 18% respectively of the picture tubes used by the main plant.
The quality control department of the company has determined that 2%, 3%, and 4% of the
picture tubes produced by plant A, plant B, and plant C respectively are defective. Suppose a
Panasonic 32-inch color television set is selected at random, and the picture tube is found to
be defective. What is the probability that the picture tube was manufactured in plant B?

4. One student is selected at random from a group of 200 known to consist of 130 full-time (50
female and 80 male) students and 70 part-time (25 female and 45 male) students. Event A is
“the student selected is full-time,” and event B is “the student selected is male.”
a. Are events A and B independent?
b. Find the probability P(A ∩ B) using the multiplication rule.

5. Student A says that independence and mutually exclusive are the same thing; namely, both
mean neither event has anything to do with the other one. Student B argues that although
Student A’s statement has some truth in it, Student A has missed the point of these two
properties. Student B is correct. Carefully explain why.

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Multivariate Calculus and Introduction to PDEs

01. Show that the limit exists and is the same along x-axis, y-axis and y=x.

02. Evaluate the limit.

03. Check whether the following limits exist or not.

a)

b)

c)

04. Define a simultaneous limit and prove that this limit does not exist.

05. Show that the double limit exists at the origin but repeated
limits do not exist for the function defined by

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