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This document is a past exam paper for the Bachelor of Computer Applications degree. It contains 10 questions testing concepts in computer oriented numerical techniques, including: 1) Representing numbers in normalized floating point form and performing operations such as addition and multiplication. 2) Finding the interval that contains roots of equations, and explaining methods for finding roots such as the bisection method. 3) Stating formulas for interpolation methods including Newton's forward difference formula and Stirling's formula. 4) Solving systems of linear equations using methods like partial pivoting, Gaussian elimination, and discussing direct vs iterative solution methods. 5) Estimating values using interpolation and numerical integration techniques like the trapezoidal rule

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This document is a past exam paper for the Bachelor of Computer Applications degree. It contains 10 questions testing concepts in computer oriented numerical techniques, including: 1) Representing numbers in normalized floating point form and performing operations such as addition and multiplication. 2) Finding the interval that contains roots of equations, and explaining methods for finding roots such as the bisection method. 3) Stating formulas for interpolation methods including Newton's forward difference formula and Stirling's formula. 4) Solving systems of linear equations using methods like partial pivoting, Gaussian elimination, and discussing direct vs iterative solution methods. 5) Estimating values using interpolation and numerical integration techniques like the trapezoidal rule

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of Printed Pages : 7 I BCS-054 I

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS


(BCA) (Revised)

nin7r-; Term-End Examination

June, 2018

BCS-054 : COMPUTER ORIENTED NUMERICAL


TECHNIQUES

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note :

(i) Any calculator is allowed during examination.

(ii) Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any


three more from the next four questions.

1. (a) Explain with suitable example, the


advantages of using Normalized form of
representing numbers.

(b) For two floating point numbers


x1 = 0.7268 x 105 and x2 = 0.6271 x 104, find
— x2 in floating point representation. 3

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(c) Find the product of two numbers given in

question number 1(b) above, in floating


point notation.

(d) Write the following system of linear


equations in matrix form 3

— 8x + 15y = — 1

7x — 4y = 10

(e) Find an interval in which the following


equation has a root

x2 — 12x + 30 = 0. 2

(f) Write briefly the steps of bisection method


to find roots of an equation. 3

(g) Write E and la in terms of V.

(h) Write the expressions, one for each, which


is obtained by applying each of the
following operators to fix) for some h > 0 : 3
(i) D

(ii) E

(iii) V

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(i) State formulae for each of the following
interpolations :

(i) Newton's Forward Difference Formula

(ii) Stirling's Formula

(j) Construct a difference table for the


following data : 3
x 1 2 3
flx) 8 12 17 25

(k) State Trapezoidal rule for finding the value

of integral je f(x) dx 4
a

(1) Explain each of the following concepts with


a suitable example : 6

(i) Boundary value problem

(ii) Order of a differential equation

(iii) Degree of a differential equation


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2. (a) Using 8-decimal digit floating point
representation (4 digits for mantissa, 2 for
exponent and one each for signs of
mantissa and exponent), represent the
following numbers in normalized floating
point form : 3

(i) 0.000725

— 89.6532

— 98876

(b) Briefly discuss how ZERO is represented


as a floating point number for 8-decimal
digit representation mentioned above in
Q. No. 2(a).

(c) Let a = 476.9 x 10 6, b = 657.2 x 10 4 and


c = — 5.342 x 104 . Find out, whether `+' is

associative for a, b and c (i.e., you have to


find whether a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c or not),
using 8-decimal digit representation
mentioned in Q. No. 2(a). 14

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3. (a) Solve the following system of linear
equations, using Partial Pivoting : 11

2x — 3y + 5z = 4

x + 5y— 4z = 2

4x+ 3y— 7z= 0

(b) Explain the relative advantages of direct


methods over iterative methods for solving
a system of linear equations. 4

(c) Solve the following system of linear


equations by Gaussian Elimination Method : 5

8x — 5y =

3x + 7y = 13

4. (a) The population of a city in a census taken


once in 10 years is given below in
thousands. Estimate the value in 1975. 8

Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010


Population 45 52 68 94 130

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(b) Derive operators 8 and A in terms of E. 5

(c) Find Newton's Backward difference form of


interpolating polynomial for the data :

x f(x)
6 21
8 42
10 85
12 157

5. Attempt any two parts of (a), (b) and (c) below :

(a) Find approximate value of I =


4

i f clx
4 + 3'
2

using Simpson's (1/3) rule taking


h = 0.5. 10

(b) The values of y = Vi are given below for


x = 1.5 (0.5) 3.5.
x 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
f(x) 1.2247 '1.4142 1.5811 F7320 F8708

Compute the value of f'(x) at x = 1.0. 10

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(e) Solve the following IVP using Euler's
method :

y' = 1 — 2xy, y(0.2) = 0-1948

Find y(0.4) with h = 01. 10

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