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1-Roots of Equations-Exercises Solutions

The document discusses numerical methods for finding roots of equations, specifically using the Bisection, False Position, Fixed Point Iteration, Newton, Secant, and Modified Secant methods. It provides detailed iterations and calculations for each method applied to different functions. The results include approximate root values for each method after a specified number of iterations.

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1-Roots of Equations-Exercises Solutions

The document discusses numerical methods for finding roots of equations, specifically using the Bisection, False Position, Fixed Point Iteration, Newton, Secant, and Modified Secant methods. It provides detailed iterations and calculations for each method applied to different functions. The results include approximate root values for each method after a specified number of iterations.

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Numerical Methods

Exercises - Roots of Equations:

(1) Consider finding the root of f(x) = e-x(3.2 sin(x) - 0.5 cos(x)) on the interval [3, 4], εs = 0.1%
using (i) Bisection method (ii) False position method.

Solution:

Bisection method:

iteration
# L U f(L) f(U) r f(r) εa %
1 3 4 0.047127457 -0.03837028 3.5 -0.01975748
2 3 3.5 0.047127457 -0.01975748 3.25 0.005848717 7.692308
3 3.25 3.5 0.005848717 -0.01975748 3.375 -0.00868108 3.703704
4 3.25 3.375 0.005848717 -0.00868108 3.3125 -0.00187696 1.886792
5 3.25 3.3125 0.005848717 -0.00187696 3.28125 0.001867025 0.952381
6 3.28125 3.3125 0.001867025 -0.00187696 3.296875 -3.4225E-05 0.473934
7 3.28125 3.296875 0.001867025 -3.4225E-05 3.2890625 0.000909029 0.23753
8 3.289063 3.296875 0.000909029 -3.4225E-05 3.2929688 0.000435567 0.118624
9 3.292969 3.296875 0.000435567 -3.4225E-05 3.2949219 0.000200213 0.059277

r = 3.296875

False position method:

iteration
# L U f(L) f(U) r f(r) εa %
1 3 4 0.047127457 -0.03837028 3.5512129 -0.02340513
2 3 3.551213 0.047127457 -0.02340513 3.3683016 -0.00799417 5.430374
3 3 3.368302 0.047127457 -0.00799417 3.3148876 -0.00215345 1.611336
4 3 3.314888 0.047127457 -0.00215345 3.3011278 -0.00054154 0.41682
5 3 3.301128 0.047127457 -0.00054154 3.2977069 -0.0001338 0.103737
6 3 3.297707 0.047127457 -0.0001338 3.2968641 -3.2914E-05 0.025565

r = 3.2968641

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(2) Find the root of (e-x * (x2+5x+2)) + 1= 0 using (i) Fixed point iteration method (ii) Newton
method, xo = -2

Solution:

Fixed point iteration method:

Consider g(x) = (ex+x2+2)/-5

iteration # xi
0 -2
1 -1.22707
2 -0.75977
3 -0.609
4 -0.58296
5 -0.57962
6 -0.57921
7 -0.57917
8 -0.57916
9 -0.57916

Newton method:

iteration # xi
0 -2
1 -1.22707
2 -0.77562
3 -0.60291
4 -0.57955
5 -0.57916
6 -0.57916

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(3) Find a root of the following function:

Using (i) Secant method (x-1= 3, x0 = 4) (ii) Modified Secant method ( x0 = 3,  = 0.01), for three
iterations:

Secant method:

Modified Secant method:

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