NUMERICAL METHODS-1

Regula Falsi Method

1. Find the real root of the equation tan x  tanh x  0 which lies between (2, 3) by using Regula-
Falsi Method.
2. Find the real root of the equation x3  2x  5  0 which lies between (2, 3) by using Regula-
Falsi Method.
3. Find the real root of the equation x log10x  1.2  0 which lies between (2, 3) by using Regula-
Falsi Method.
4. Find the real root of the equation cos x  3 x  1 which lies between (0, 1) by using Regula-
Falsi Method.
5. Find the real root of the equation x3  4x  9  0 which lies between (-3, -2) by using Regula-
Falsi Method.
Newton-Raphson Method
6. Find the root of the equation x sin x  cos x  0 nearer to π, carry out three iterations up to 4 decimal
places using Newton- Raphson Method.
7. Find the root of the equation x3  5x 11  0 nearer to 1.5, carry out four iterations up to 4 decimal
places using Newton- Raphson Method

8. Find the root of the equation x e x  2  0 nearer to 1, carry out four iterations up to 4 decimal
places using Newton- Raphson Method
9. Find the root of the equation tan x  x nearer to 4.5, carry out four iterations up to 4 decimal
places using Newton- Raphson Method
Newton’s Forward and Backward interpolation

10. Find y 1.4 using Newton’s Forward interpolating formula

x 1 2 3 4 5

y  f  x 10 26 58 112 194

11. Find the value of f(38) and f(85) using suitable interpolation formulae

x 80 90
40 50 60 70
y  f  x 184 204 226 250 276 304

12. From the following table estimate the number of students who have obtained the marks between 40
and 45 Marks 30- 40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No. of students 31 42 51 35 31

13. Given f  40  184, f 50  204 , f 60  226 , f 70  250, f 80   276, f 90   304 find
f 38 and f 86 using suitable interpolation formula.

14. Estimate the probable number of persons in the age group 20 to 25 from the following data
 Income per day(Rs.) Under 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Number of persons 20 45 115 210 115
Newton’s Divided Difference

15. Find f  4 using Newton’s divided difference formula

x 0 2 3 6
f  x
4 2 14 158

16. Using Newton’s divided difference interpolation formula, find the interpolating polynomial

x 2 4 5 6 8 10
y 10 96 196 350 868 1746

17. Using Newton’s divided difference interpolation formula, find the interpolating polynomial

x 0 1 2 3 4 5

f  x 3 2 7 24 59 118

18. Find f  9 using Newton’s divided difference formula

x 5 7 11 13 17
f  x
150 392 1452 2366 5202

19. Fit an interpolating formula for the data u10  355 u 0  5 u8  21 u1  14 u 4  125 .
Lagrange’s Interpolation

20. Apply Lagrange’s formula inversely to find a root of the equation f  x   0 given that

f 30  30, f 34  13, f 38  3, f  42  18.

21. If y0   12 , y1  0 , y3  6 and y4   12 , find the Lagrange’s interpolation polynomial and
estimate y at x = 2.
22. Use Lagrange’s interpolation to fit a polynomial for thr following data
x 1 3 4 6
f  x
3 9 30 132
rd th
1 3
Simpson’s   and Simpson’s   Rules
 3 8

1 rd
1 1
23. Evaluate  dx by Simpson’s   rule by taking 6-equal strips and hence find log e 2 .
0 1 x  3
 0.3 rd
1
 1  8 x dx by Simpson’s   rule by taking 7 ordinates
3
24. Evaluate
0  3
5 rd
dx 1
25. Evaluate  by Simpson’s   rule by taking 10-equal parts and hence find log e 5
0
4x  5  3
1 rd
1 1
26. Evaluate  dx by Simpson’s   rule by taking 6-equal strips and hence find log e 2 .
0
1 x  3
6 th
1 3
27. . Evaluate  dx using Simpson’s   rule divide the interval into 3 equal parts.
0 1 x 8
2

4 th
3
28. Evaluate  e dx by Simpson’s Simpson’s   rule divide the interval into 3 equal parts.
1
x

1 8
1 th
1 3
29. Evaluate  dx by Simpson’s   rule divide the interval into 6 equal parts and hence find an
0
1 x 2
8
approximate value of π.

Trapezoidal Rule

1
1
30. Evaluate  dx by Trapezoidal rule by taking 6-equal strips and hence find log e 2 .
0
1 x

2
31. Evaluate  cos  d by Trapezoidal rule by taking 6-equal strips.
0
1
Evaluate  e x dx by Trapezoidal rule by taking 6-equal strips.
2
32.
0