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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
[WI-2-60-1-6]
University Examinations 2017/2018
FOURTH YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
EMG 2414: NUMERICAL METHODS FOR ENGINEERS
Date: September, 2018 Time: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE
1. This paper contains five questions.
2. Answer any three questions.
3. Tick against the questions you answer on the panel on the front cover of the answer booklet.
4. DO NOT ANSWER MORE THAN THE REQUIRED QUESTIONS.
QUESTION ONE 20 Marks
(a) State any three (3)
1. observations you must make to identify an ill-conditioned system. [3 Marks]
2. precautions you must take in order to solve such a system. [3 Marks]
(b) Employ Gaussian elimination to solve the set of simultaneous linear equations below:
5x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 685
2x1 − x2 − x3 + x4 = 165
3x1 − x2 + 2x3 − 2x4 = 256
5x1 − 4x2 + 3x3 − 2x4 = 361
[14 Marks]
QUESTION TWO 20 Marks
(a) 1. Using the elimination method, determine the inverse matrix of A
1 −1 −1
A= 2 1 −1
3 1 2
[8 Marks]
2. Solve the following system of equations using the inverse matrix method.
x1 − x2 − x3 = 0
2x1 + x2 − x3 = 9
3x1 + x2 + 2x3 = 7
[4 Marks]
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(b) Use the Gauss-Seidel method, to solve the following system of simultaneous linear equations.
2x − 7y − 10z = −17
5x + y + 3z = 14
x + 10y + 9z = 7
[8 Marks]
QUESTION THREE 20 Marks
(a) 1. Find the determinant of matrix A.
2 3 4
A= 4
2 3
3 4 2
[6 Marks]
2. Find the rank of the matrix A below.
1 2 3
A= 2 4 −6
3 6 −15
[4 Marks]
(b) Find the Cholesky’s decomposition of the matrix
4 1 1
A= 1 5 2
1 2 3
[10 Marks]
QUESTION FOUR 20 Marks
(a) For a system of equations with coefficient matrix A, determine it’s eigenvalues and any one eigenvector.
−1 0 0
A = 1 −2 3
0 2 −3
[10 Marks]
(b) Use Taylors method to solve the equation:
y 0 = x2 + y 2
subject to the conditions y(0) = 1 at
1. x = 0.25 [5 Marks]
2. x = 0.5 [5 Marks]
QUESTION FIVE 20 Marks
(a) Accident investigators have obtained the following data concerning the motion of a train before an
accident happened.
time (s) 0 6 12 18 24 30
distance (m) 200 500 850 1250 1600 1800
Use at least three other data points to answer each of the following questions.
(i) What was its velocity at t = 0 seconds? [3 Marks]
(ii) What was its velocity at t = 15 seconds? [4 Marks]
(iii) What was its velocity at t = 30 seconds? [3 Marks]
(b)
dy
= 2x + y
dx
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(i) Obtain an analytical solution of the equation shown above. [5 Marks]
(ii) Employ the simple Eulers method to solve the differential equation shown above,for x = 0.10
given y(0)=1. Let ∆x = 0.02 [5 Marks]
(ii) Compare the results from the two methods used above. [1 Marks]
