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St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering

(Autonomous)
Chunkankadai, Nagercoil – 629003
B.E./B.Tech. Degree Examinations, November/December 2022
Second Semester
Civil Engineering – Computer Science and Engineering – Electrical and Electronics
Engineering – Electronics and Communication Engineering – Information Technology –
Mechanical Engineering
MA3251 – Statistics and Numerical Methods
Regulations 2021
Permitted Graph Sheet: Statistical Table

Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks

Answer All Questions

Part-A (10 × 2 = 20 Marks) CL CO

1. Define null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis. Kn CO1

2. A random sample of 200 tins of coconut oil gave an average weight of 4.95 kg with a Un CO2

standard deviation of 0.21 kg. Do we accept that the net weight is 5 kg per tin at 5%
level.
3. Define analysis of variance. Kn CO1

4. Define 22 factorial design. Kn CO1

5. By Newton’s method, find an iterative formula to find √N, where N is a positive number. Un CO3

6. What is the condition for the convergence of Gauss-Jacobi method in solving a system of Kn CO1

simultaneous linear equations?

7. Form the divided difference table for the following data. Un CO3

x 0 1 2 5
f(x) 2 3 12 147
8. Find dy/dx at x=1 from the following table: Un CO3

x 1 2 3 4
f(x) 1 8 27 64
9. Compute y at x  0.25 by modified Euler method given y'  2xy, y(0)  1 . Un CO3

10. Write down Adam’s-Bash forth predictor-corrector formulae. Kn CO1

Part-B (5 × 16 = 80 Marks) CL CO

11. a) i) A random sample of 10 boys had the following I.Qs: 70, 120, 110, 101, 88, 83, Ap CO4
95, 98, 107, 100. Do these data support the assumption of a population mean
I.Q of 100? Find a reasonable range in which most of the mean I.Q values of
samples of 10 boys lie. (8)
ii) Test if the difference in the means is significance for the following data:
Sample I 76 68 70 43 94 68 33 Ap CO4
Sample II 40 48 92 85 70 76 68 22
(8)

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b) Two random samples are drawn from normal populations are given below : Ap CO4

Sample 1 17 27 18 25 27 29 13 17
Sample 2 16 16 20 27 26 25 21
Can we conclude that the two samples are drawn from the same population? Test at
5% level of significance.
12. a) Three varieties of coal were analyzed by 4 chemists and the ash content is tabulated Ap CO4
here. Perform an analysis of variance.
Chemist
Coal
A B C D
I 8 5 5 7
II 7 6 4 4
III 3 6 5 4
Or
b) In a Latin square given below, the data are the yields in quintals per acre on the paddy Ap CO4

crop carried out for testing the effect of five fertilizers A, B, C, D, E. Analyze the data
for variations.
B 25 A 18 E 27 D 30 C 27
A 19 D 31 C 29 E 26 B 23
C 28 B 22 D 33 A 18 E 27
E 28 C 26 A 20 B 25 D 33
D 32 E 25 B 23 C 28 A 20
13. a) i) Find an approximate root of x log 10 x  1.2  0 by Newton method. (8) Ap CO5

25 1 2 
ii) Find the numerically largest Eigen value of A =  1 3 0  and the
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 2 0  4
corresponding Eigen vector by power method. (8)
Or
b) Solve the system of equations Ap CO5

by
Jacobi’s method and Gauss Siedel method.
14. a) i) Using Lagrange’s interpolation formula, find y(4) from the following table: Ap CO5

x 1 3 5 7
y 24 120 336 720
(8)
ii) The velocity v of a particle at a distance s from appoint on its path is given as
follows: Ap CO5
s in meter 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
v m/sec 47 58 64 65 61 52 38

Estimate the time taken to travel 60 meters by Trapezoidal rule. (8)

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b) Evaluate ∫ Ap CO5
using Simpson’s ⁄ rule and Trapezoidal rule with h = 0.125
and compare the values with exact value.
15. a) dy Ap CO5
i) Given  y  x 2  0 ; y(0) = 1; y(0.1) = 0.9052; y(0.2) = 0.8213. Determine y(0.3)
dx
using modified Euler’s method, correct to four decimal places. (8)
ii) Using Taylor series method, find correct to four decimal places, the value of Ap CO5
dy
y(0.1), given  x 2  y 2 and y (0)  1. (8)
dx
Or
b) Given y '  y  x 2 , y(0.6) = 1.7379 find y(0.7), y(0.8) using R-K method of fourth order. Ap CO5

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