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NUMERICAL METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

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1) Solve QI or Q2; Q3 or Q4.

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Q1) a) Solve the following equation using the Birge-Vieta method. [7]
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x3 + x2 – 1 = 0
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The initial approximation is p0 = 2 . Solve only Two iterations.

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b) Write the statement of Descartes’s rule of the sign. The equation of one
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of the systems is given by x4 – 10x3 – 120x2 + 320x + 1024 = 0. Apply

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Descartes’s rule of the sign to the above characteristics equation and find
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the number of real positive roots, real negative roots, and complex roots

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in the above equation. [8]

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Q2) a) The two numbers a and b with absolute error a1 and a2. Prove that
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absolute error in a * b is aa2 + ba1 and absolute error in is

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b
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b a1 a a 2
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b) Explain the intermediate value theorem along with its graphical

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representation. How the intermediate value theorem is represented

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mathematically?
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Apply the intermediate value theorem to the following equation to find a

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range of positive roots : [8]

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f (x) = cosx – 3x + 1
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Newton Raphson method with the interval as 1. [7]

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b) Evaluate the root of the equation by using the Regula Falsi method. The

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Q4) a) IF P is the pull required to lift a load W by means of a pulley block, find

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a linear law of the form P = C + mW connecting P and W, using the
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b) By using the bisection method find an approximate root of the equation
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