Karpagam Academy of Higher Education BME, CIVIL, CSE,

(Deemed to be University Established Under Section 3 CYBER, EEE,

Dept.
of UGC Act 1956) FOODTECH,
MECHANICAL
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Ac. Yr: 2025– 2026

24BEBME301B / 24BECC301B / 24BECY301B / Numerical

Course Code & Title
24BEEE301 / 24BTFT301B / 24BEME301B Methods
Year / Sem II / III Issue Date 16.07.2025
Assignment 1 Submission Date 23.07.2025

S.NO ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS KL

Interpolations with Equal and Unequal Intervals
1 Define Interpolation R
2 Compare interpolation and extrapolation. U
3 What is the Lagrange’s formula to find ‘y’ if three sets of values (x 0 , y 0),(x 1 , y 1 )∧(x 2 , y 2) are
R
given? x 0 2 4 6
4 Interpret the difference table for f(x 10 16 22 28 the following data.
)
U

5 Make use of interpolation, find y(9.5) given

x 7 8 9 10 Ap
x y 33 1 7 1 119 19
6 Make use of Lagrange’s f(x 42 43 47 60 interpolation, find the value
of f(x) at x = 15 )
Ap

year 1982 198 1984 1986

7 Apply interpolation, calculate the business
3
done in 1985 from the following data , by
Business done (in lakhs) 150 235 365 525
using interpolation.
Ap

Interpolations with unequal intervals- Lagrange’s interpolation

1 Define the Lagrange’s interpolation formula for unequal intervals. R
2 Define interpolation polynomial. R
3 List the primary advantage of Lagrange’s interpolation formula R
x 5 6 9 11
y 12 13 14 16
U
4 Find ∆ 3 y from the following data:
 Apply Lagrange's interpolation, calculate the profit in the year 2000 from the following data
Year 1997 1999 2001 2002 Ap
5
Profit in Lakhs of Rs. 43 65 159 248

Make use of Lagrange’s formula to fit a polynomial of the data and hence find y(x=1).
x -1 0 2 3 Ap
6
y -8 3 1 12
Make use of Lagrange’s formula f(0)=2 ,f(1)=3, f(2)=12, f(5)=147 and solve f(3). Ap
7
Interpolations with unequal intervals- Newton’s divided interpolation
Illustrate the Newton’s divided difference interpolation formula.
1 x 2 5 10 U
y 5 29 109
2 Define the Lagrange interpolation formula for unequal intervals. R
3 Find the divided difference of f(x)= x3 +x+2 for the arguments 1,3,6,11. U
4 Show that the divided differences are symmetrical in their arguments. R
Make use of Newton's divided difference formula, find u(3) given u(l) = -26, u(2) = 12,u(4) = 256,
5 Ap
u(6) = 844
Apply Newtons difference formula, to find the value of y at x=28,24 from the following data
6 x 20 23 26 29 Ap
y 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848

Make use of Newton ’s divided difference interpolation, to find the polynomial of the given data:

7 x 0 2 3 Ap
f(x 4 26 58
)
Interpolation with equal intervals-Newton’s forward interpolation
1 Define Newton’s forward Difference formula. R
2 What is the error in Newton’s forward interpolation formula? R
3 Define the terms interpolation and extrapolation R
Interpret the difference table, using Newton’s forward interpolation formula
4 x 0 2 4 6 U
y 1 3 9 27
From the following table, Construct the number of students who obtained marks between 40 and 45:

5 Marks: 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 Ap

No. of
31 42 51 35 31
students:

6 Apply Lagrange’s formula to find f(6) if f(1)=2, f(2)=4, f(3)=8, f(4)=16, f(7)=128. Ap
 From the following table of half year premium for policies maturing at different ages, Construct the
premium for policies maturing at age 46 and 63.
7 Ap
Age x 45 50 55 60 65
Premium y 114.84 96.16 83.32 74.48 68.48
Interpolation with equal intervals-Newton’s backward interpolation.
1 What is the error in Newton’s backward interpolation formula? R
2 Define Newton’s backward difference interpolation formula. R
Interpret ∆ 3 y using Lagrange’s interpolation with equal intervals
x 10 12 14 16 U
3
f(x 40 50 64 90
)
Interpret ∆ 3 y using Newton’s backward interpolation
U
4 x 20 23 26 29
f(x) 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848
Find the interpolation polynomial f(x) by using Newton’s forward interpolation to find the value of
f(5) for
5 Ap
x 4 6 8 10
f(x) 1 3 8 16
Using Newton’s backward difference formula, construct an interpolating polynomial of degree 3 for
the data: f (– 0.75)  – 0.0718125, f (– 0.5)  – 0.02475, f (– 0.25)  0.3349375, f (0)  1.10100.
6 Ap
Hence find f (– 1/3).

Apply Newton’s backward difference formula to the data below, to obtain a polynomial

7 x 5 6 9 11 Ap
f(x) 12 13 14 16
Interpolations with unequal intervals- Lagrange’s interpolation and Newton’s divided interpolation
1 Define Newton ’s divided difference interpolation for unequal intervals. R
Find the divided difference table for
2 x 30 35 45 55
U
y 148 96 68 34
Define the third order Newton ’s divided difference interpolation with unequal intervals for four
3 R
arguments.
Interpret ∆ 3 y from the following data using Lagrange’s interpolation.
4 x 1 2 4 7 U
y 22 30 82 106
Make use of Lagrange’s formula to find log 656, given that log 654 = 2.8156, log 658 = 2.8182, log
5 Ap
659 =2.8189, log 661 = 2.8202.

Build the divided difference table for the following data ,hence find f(9)
6 x -1 0 2 5 10 Ap
y -2 -1 7 124 999
 Construct the Newton’s divided difference interpolating polynomial and hence find f(6):

7 x 3 7 9 10 Ap
f(x)
160 120 72 63
x 0 2 4 6 8
Interpolation with equal intervals-Newton’s
f(x) 4 forward
26 58interpolation
112 466 and Newton’s backward interpolation
1 Define Newton’s forward and backward interpolation formula. R
2 When Newton’s backward interpolation formula is used? R
3 What is the error in Newton’s backward interpolation formula? R
x 4 6 8 10
4 Define Newton’s Backward Difference formula R
y 10 20 40 80
Make use of Newton’s Forward interpolation formula from the following table and find f(5)
5 Ap

Apply Newton’s forward and backward interpolation formula to find y(7) and y(10)given

6 Ap

The following table gives the population of a town during the last six censuses. Construct
the increase in the population during the period from 1976 to 1978:
x
1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991
7 Year: Ap
y
12 15 20 27 39 52
Population (in thousands):

Lagrange’s interpolation and Newton’s forward interpolation

1 What is the assumption we make when x Lagrange’s
1 3 formula
5 is7used? R
Define a quadratic interpolating polynomial y 2 y(x)6for unequal
18 54 intervals given that the points are
2 R
(x 0 , y 0),(x 1 , y 1 )∧(x 2 , y 2) using Lagrange’s interpolation formula,
3 When to use Newton’s forward interpolation formula. R
Illustrate the value of y at x=5 by using Newton’s forward interpolation formula

4 U
x 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
f(x) formula
Apply Lagrange’s interpolation 1 1.05 a polynomial
find 1.2214 1.349 1.4918through the points (0, –12),
which passes
5 (1, 0), (3, 6) and (4,12). 2 9 Ap

Make use of Newton’s Forward interpolation formula, find f(0.18) from the following table
x 0 2 4 6
6 f(x) -14 6 8 118 Ap

Make use of Newton's forward interpolation formula find the polynomial f(x) from the following
data and hence find f(3).
7 Ap
 Lagrange’s interpolation and Newton’s backward interpolation
Interpret the polynomial to the given data by using Lagrange’s
formula, x 0 1 3
1 y 5 6 50 U

Find the parabola of the form y=a x2 +bx +c passing through the points (0,0),(1,1)and (2,20) using
2 U
Lagrange’s formula.
3 What is the error in Newton’s backward interpolation formula? R
Find ∆ 3 y from the following data,by using Newton's backward interpolation formula.

4 x -2 0 2 4 U
f(x) -21 9 7 165
Make use of Lagranges formula, fit a polynomial to the data and also find y(3).
5 x 0 1 2 5 Ap
y 2 3 12 147

Make use of Lagrange’s interpolation formula, find f(9) for the following data
x 5 7 11 13 17
6 Ap
f(x)
150 392 1452 2366 5202

Apply Newton’s backward difference formula to the data below, to obtain a polynomial of degree 4
in x:
7 x 1 2 3 4 5 Ap
y 1 -1 1 -1 1

Newton’s divided interpolation and Newton’s forward interpolation

1 Find the divided difference of f(x)= x3 +x+2 for the arguments 1,3. R
2 Find the divided difference of f(x)= x3 – x2+3x+8 for the arguments 0,1,4,5. R
3 List out any two properties of divided differences. R

Find ∆ 3 y from the following data,by using Newton's forward interpolation formula.
4 U
x 5 6 9 11
f(x) 12 13 14 16
Apply Newton’s divided difference interpolation to find the polynomial equation of degree four
5 Ap
passing through the points using (8, 1515), (7, 778), (5, 138), (4, 43), (2, 3).
Construct the value of  in terms of x using the following data:

x
40 50 60 70 80 90
6 Ap
F(x)
184 204 226 250 276 304
Also find  at x  43.

7 Apply Newton’s divided difference formula, Find f (3) from the following data: Ap
 5
0 1 2 4
X:
Y: 1 14 15 5 6
Newton’s divided interpolation and Newton’s backward interpolation

Find the divided difference table for the following data

1 x -1 0 2 5 10 U
y -2 -1 7 124 999
x 2 5 10
y 5 29 109 U
2
Illustrate the Newton’s divided difference interpolation table for

Find the divided difference table for the following data

3 x 1 2 4 7 U
y 22 30 82 106

Interpret the missing value from the table by using Newton’s divided difference formula,
x
1 2 4 5 6
4 U
f(x)
14 15 5 - 9

Identify the value of y at x = 24 and x= 28 from the following data using Newton’s difference
formula. x 20 23 26 29
5 Ap
y 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848

Apply Newton’s backward formula,find f(22) from the following data .

x
20 25 30 35 40 45
6 Ap
F(x)
354 332 291 260 231 204

Make use of Newtons difference formula,find the value of y at x=28,24 from the following data
x 20 23 26 29
7 Ap
y 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848

Newton’s forward and backward interpolation

Find ∆ 4 y from the following data,by using Backward interpolation
x
2 4 6 8 10
1 R
f(x)
25 17 11 7 5

2 Define Newton’s i) Forward ii) Backward formula for computing derivatives. R

3 when will we use forward and backward interpolation formulae? R
 Find ∆ 3 y from the following data

4 x 0 1 2 3 R
f(x) 1 2 1 10

Construct the interpolating polynomials for y, from the following data using both Newton’s forward
and backward formula.
5 Ap
x 4 6 8 10
y 1 3 8 16

The population of a town is as follows

X Year: 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991
6 Ap
Y: Population in
20 24 29 36 46 51
thousands:
Identify the population increase during the period 1946 and 1976
Make use of Newton’s forward and backward formula find the value of f (1.2) and f (2.0), if

7 x: 1 1.4 1.8 2.2 Ap

f(x): 3.46 4.82 5.96 6.5

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