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Worksheet 3

Classwork Exercises

Exercise 1:
Fit the straight line y  mx  c to the following readings

x 1 2 3 4 5
y 1.3 3.5 4.2 5 7

Exercise 2:
Fit the parabola y  ax 2  bx  c to the following readings

x -3 -2 0 1 2
y -20 -1 7 8 15

Exercise 3:
Fit the exponential curve y  ae bx to the following readings

x 1 5 7 9 12
y 10 15 12 15 21

Exercise 4:
b
Fit the curve y  ax 2  to the following readings
x
x 1 2 3 4 5
y -1.51 0.99 3.88 7.66 11.22

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Exercise 5: Consider the following readings


x 3 4 5 6
y 0.3333 0.2500 0.2000 0.1667
Find y at x  4.2 using
i) Newton's forward divided difference formula.
ii) Newton's backward divided difference formula.
iii) Lagrange's interpolation formula.

Homework Exercises

Exercise 1:
i) Fit the curve y  ab x to the following readings

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
y 1 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.6 4.7 6.6 9.1
ii) Fit the curve y  a  b sin 2 x to the following readings

x 0  /6  /4  /3  /2
y 4.3 6.4 9.2 11.3 14.4
iii) Fit the curve y  ln(a  bx ) to the following readings

x 2 3 4 5 6
y 1.952 2.156 2.413 2.549 2.670

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iv) Fit the curve y   b x to the following readings
x
x 0  /6  /4  /3  /2
y 4.3 6.4 9.2 11.3 14.4

Exercise 2: Consider the following readings


x 0 1 2 5
y 2 3 12 147
Find the highest interpolating polynomial representing these
readings then find y at x  1.5 using
i) Newton's forward divided difference formula.
ii) Newton's backward divided difference formula.
iii) Lagrange's interpolation formula.

Exercise 3: Consider the following readings


x -2 -1 0 1 3 4 6
y -0.91 -0.84 0 0.84 0.14 -0.76 -0.28
a) Find y at x  2 using:
i) Linear interpolation.
ii) Quadratic interpolation
iii) Cubic interpolation

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