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False Position Method

The False Position Method is an alternative to the bisection method for finding roots, which improves efficiency by using a linear approximation between the endpoints of the interval. This method, also known as regula falsi, estimates the root by determining where the line connecting f(xl) and f(xu) intersects the x-axis. An example is provided to illustrate the iterative process and calculations involved in this method.

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False Position Method

The False Position Method is an alternative to the bisection method for finding roots, which improves efficiency by using a linear approximation between the endpoints of the interval. This method, also known as regula falsi, estimates the root by determining where the line connecting f(xl) and f(xu) intersects the x-axis. An example is provided to illustrate the iterative process and calculations involved in this method.

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CPE 04

NUMERICAL METHODS

False Position
Method
FALSE POSITION METHOD

Although bisection is a perfectly valid technique for determining roots, its


“brute-force” approach is relatively inefficient. False position is an alternative
based on a graphical insight.
A shortcoming of the bisection method is that, in dividing the interval from xl to
xu into equal halves, no account is taken of the magnitudes of f(xl) and f(xu). For
example, if f(xl) is much closer to zero than f(xu), it is likely that the root is closer
to xl than to xu .
An alternative method that exploits this graphical insight is to join f(xl) and f(xu)
by a straight line. The intersection of this line with the x axis represents an
improved estimate of the root. The fact that the replacement of the curve by a
straight line gives a “false position” of the root is the origin of the name, method
of false position, or in Latin, regula falsi. It is also called the linear interpolation
method.

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I xl xu xr f(xl) f(xu) f(xr) f(xr)f(xl) Ɛt(%)


1 12 16 14.91130 6.06693 -2.26876 -0.25427 -1.54268 0.88699

2 12 14.91130 14.79419 6.06693 -0.25427 -0.02725 -0.16536 0.09464

3 12 14.79419 14.78169 6.06693 -0.02725 -0.00290 -0.01764 0.01009

4 12 14.78169 14.78036 6.06693 -0.00290 -0.00030 -0.00188 0.00107

5 12 14.78036 14.78022 6.06693 -0.00030 -0.00003 -0.00020 0.00011

6 12 14.78022 14.78020 6.06693 -0000.3 -0.0000035 -0.00002 0.000011

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