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This document contains a math exam with 4 questions covering MATLAB concepts and commands. Question 1 has multiple choice and short answer questions about MATLAB syntax and functions. Question 2 asks about valid variable names and correcting syntax errors. Question 3 provides matrix operations and commands to perform tasks like multiplication, ordering values, and deleting columns/rows. Question 4 calculates total costs from purchasing different items and defines a function involving exponential, absolute value, and cosine terms. The exam tests a range of core MATLAB skills and mathematical concepts.

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251 Math Midterm PDF

This document contains a math exam with 4 questions covering MATLAB concepts and commands. Question 1 has multiple choice and short answer questions about MATLAB syntax and functions. Question 2 asks about valid variable names and correcting syntax errors. Question 3 provides matrix operations and commands to perform tasks like multiplication, ordering values, and deleting columns/rows. Question 4 calculates total costs from purchasing different items and defines a function involving exponential, absolute value, and cosine terms. The exam tests a range of core MATLAB skills and mathematical concepts.

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MATH 251 MIDTERM I

Answers

1. A=[ 3 4 5 6 7 ; 13 14 15 16 17]
2. A=[ [3:7] ; [13:17] ]

Pookie =

4 6
2 3

Pookie (1,1) + Pookie (2,2) = 4 + 3 = 7

1
V=[ A(:,1) ' A(:,2) ' A(:,3) ' ] '

U=[ A(1,:) A(2,:) A(3,:) ] '

W=[A(1,:) A(:,3)']

2
B='MY NAME IS JOHN SMITH'

B(12:15)='BILL'

>> A1=zeros(2,3);
>> A2=ones(2);
>> A3=eye(5);
>> A=[A1 A2;A3];

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Solutions Mid 2-

Question 1: 4

Give the steps to solve the following system of linear equations using MATLAB.
2x-3y+4z=5
y+4z+x=10
-2z+3x+4y=0

>> A=[2 -3 4; 1 1 4; 3 4 -2];


>> B=[5;10;0];
>> X=inv(A)*B

Question 2: 6

(A)

>> x=[-5:0.1:5];y=[-5:0.1:5];
>> [A,B]=meshgrid(x,y);
>> Z=-(A/5).^2-(B/2).^2-16;
>> surf(A,B,Z)
>> colormap gray
>> xlabel('X-Axis'); ylabel('Y-Axis');
>> title('Question-2 of Midterm 2')
>> grid off

- (B)Give MATLAB commands to plot, on the same figure, the two functions:

Where the variable t varies from 0 to 10 with step 0.5

- Draw the function f in blue 0 and the function g in red *


- Give title to your graph and label the axes.
>> t=[0:0.5:10];
>> f=3*t.^2+2*t-0.5;
>> g=2*t.*cos(t);
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>> plot(t,f,'ob',t,g,'*r')
>> title('Question 3-B of Mid2')
>> xlabel('t values');
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Question 3:

function Z=Question3(x,y)
Z=exp(x).*cos(y)+sin(x.^2-y);

>> Question3(-3,4)
>> Question3(-5,-7)
>> x=-pi:0.1:pi;
>> y=-pi:0.1:pi;
>> z=Question3(x,y);
>> plot3(x,y,z)

(B) Write a M-File to calculate the square root of each element of the vector
v=16,10,34. Display the results in the form: “The square root is v” with a total of 6
digits with 2 digits after the decimal point.

v=[16 10 34];
r=sqrt(v);
fprintf('The square root is %f6.2\n',r);

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EXAM : MIDTERM I
ND
YEAR: 1433-1434H (SEM 2 ) ‫المملكة العربية السعودية‬
COURSE NUMBER: MATH 251 ‫وزارة التعليم العالي‬
DATE:01/05/1433H ‫جامعة اإلمام محمد بن سعود اإلسالمية‬
DURATION: 1 HOUR ‫كلية العلوم‬
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Mohammed Messaoudi

Type: Closed Book.


Additional Materials: NO ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ALLOWED

Instructions:

1. Answer all questions; there are 5 pages.


2. Write your answers directly on the question sheets. Use the ends or back of the
question pages for rough work or if you need extra space for your answer.
3. If information appears to be missing from a question, make a reasonable
assumption, state your assumption, and proceed.
4. Books and notes are banned. You cannot use MATLAB software for this exam.
5. If you are not sure what a question means, raise your hand and ask me.
6. Write your name in the space provided below on this page and your initials at the top
of each subsequent page.

Name Id number Group

For examiner
Question Mark Out of
Question 1 4.5
Question 2 4.5
Question 3 8
Question 4 3
Total 20

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4.5
Question 1:
I. Choose the correct answer (1)
1. Suppose x is a new variable, with the following MATLAB command,
>> x = [-10:-1:-15; -2:3];
What the is the size of x?

x=
-10 -11 -12 -13 -14 -15
-2 -1 0 1 2 3

Answer: >> size of x is 2 (rows) 6 ( columns)

2. A matrix was generated using (1)


>> M = ceil(10.4);
Which of the following statement is not valid in MATLAB?
a. M + M *2
b. sin(M)
c. exp(M)
d. M(1,:) ^ 2
e. error

II. What is the output from the following MATLAB Commands?


1. >> a = 3;b = 2; c = a + b (1/2)
c=5
2. >> d = 1:5; 2*d(3:4) (1/2)
6 8
3. >> who (1/2)
a b c d

IV. What is the difference between clc and clear commands? (1)

clc : clears the screen,


clear: deletes all variables from memory

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Question 2: 4.5
I. Are the following variable assignment is correct? If no, explain why?
(1.5)

 Two_2 (correct) √

 example1_1 √

 max a MATLAB function X

 cos_2 √

 which √

 M251 √

II. Find the mistake in the following commands and correct them. (3)

>>P =linespace(2,3) P =linspace(2,3)

>>P[ 1, 2] = 4 P(1, 2) = 4

>>K= ones(1;3) K= ones(1,3)

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Question 3:
I .Let [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

[ ]
(5)

1. Write a command for matrix Multiplication of CD


C.*D
2. Write a command to arrange the element of the vector E in ascending order.
sort(E)
3. Write a command to return the smallest element of vector E.
min(E)
4. Delete 2nd column from matrix C.
C(:,2)=[]
5. Use Left division to solve X = A-1B
X = A\B
II. Create a matrix in the middle two rows, and the middle two columns are
3's and the rest are 4's. (3)

A=4*ones(6,6);

A(:,3:4)=3;

A(3:4,:)=3;

Question 4:
3

I. Ali went to the market. He bought 5kg of carrots (4SR/kg), 2kg of apples (7SR/kg), 6
lettuces (2 for 4SR) and 6 Pepsi (2SR each). What is the total amount?

>> total = 5*4 + 2*7 + 6/2*4 + 6*2 (1)

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II. Write the MATLAB command for the following line

a. | ( )| for a = 11 , b = and X = {2,4,6,8}

>>a=11; b=pi; X =[2 4 6 8]; (2)


>>Y=abs(X.*exp(a*X)-cos(b*X));

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