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SEM-3/M(CS)-301/2012-13
2012
NUMERICAL METHODS
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Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks : 70
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The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words
as far as practicable.

GROUP – A
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( Multiple Choice Type Questions )

1. Choose the correct alternatives for any ten of the following :
10 1 = 10
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i) In the problem "Find the area of a circle having

radius 2; given = 3.14", the kind of error of the
approximation 3·14 for is
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a) Truncation error b) Round-off error

c) Inherent error d) Relative error.

ii) The number 9.6506531 when round-off to 4 places of

a c.

decimal will give

a) 9.6506 b) 9.6507

c) 9.6505 d) none of these.

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iii) If f ( 3 ) = a + f ( 1 ) + 2 f ( 1 ) then a =
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a) f(0) b) f(1)

c) f(2) d) f ( 3 ).
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iv) Which of the following is ture ?

a) E=1– b) E=1+

c) =E +1 d) E= –1 .
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v) It cannot be recommended to construct an interpolation
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polynomial for a function f ( x ) if

a) f ( x ) is not a polynomial

b) f ( x ) is not derivable somewhere

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c) f ( x ) has abrupt changes

d) graph of f ( x ) is unknown.
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vi) The degree of precision of Simpson's rd rule is
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a) 1 b) 2

c) 3 d) 4.
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vii) In evaluating f ( x ) dx, the error in Trapezoidal rule

a
a c.

is of order

a) h3 b) h4

c) h2 d) h.
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viii) When Gauss-Elimination method is used to solve

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AX = B, A is transformed to a

a) null matrix

b) upper-triangular matrix
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c) identity matrix

d) diagonally-dominant matrix.
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ix) If = x 2 + y and y ( 0 ) = 1, then y ( 0.02 ) according
dx
to Euler's method is [ h = 0.01 ]
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a) 1.02 b) 1.04

c) 1.00 d) 0.99.

x) The finite difference method is used to solve

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a) a system of ordinary differential equation

b) a Boundary Value Problem

c) a partial differential equation

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d) a system of transcendental equation.

xi) The local truncation error in Euler's method for the

solution of ODE of first order is
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h 2 II
a) O(h2) b) y (xm+ h)
2
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c) h2 y (xm+ h) d) none of these.
a c.

xii) One root of the equation x2 + 2x – 2 = 0 lies between

a) 1 and 2 b) 0 and 0.5

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c) 0.5 and 1 d) none of these.

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GROUP – B
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( Short Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 5 = 15

2. Find f ( 5 ) from the following data :

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x 0 2 3 4 7 8

f(x) 4 26 58 112 466 668

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3. Find the value of 1 – 0.162 sin 2 x dx using

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0
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Simpson's rd rule taking six equal subintervals.
3

4
4. Using Newton-Raphson method find 32 correct upto
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4 places of decimal.

5. Find the inverse of the following matrix using Gauss

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Elimination method.

1 2 6
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2 5 15

6 15 46
a c.

6. Use Fourth order Runge-Kutta method to find an

approximate value of y ( 0.2 ) given that y ( 0 ) = 0 and

dy
= 1 + y 2.
dx
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GROUP – C
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( Long Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 15 = 45

7. a) Round off 31. 5218 to one significant figure. 1

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b) What is the percentage error in approximating to
3

1.3333 ? 2
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c) Prove that E e hD , where E, h and D are the shift
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operator, the step length and the differential operator

respectively. Hence, show that hD sin h –1 ( ),

where, and have their usual meanings. 3+2

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d) Define interpolation and extrapolation. Deduce the

Newton's forward interpolation formula. 2+5

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8. a) Find by Lagrange's formula, the interpolation polynomial

which corresponds to the following data : 5

x: 0 1 2 3 4
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f(x): 3 6 11 18 27

b) Find a real root of the equation x 3 – 2x – 5 = 0 by

a c.

using Regula-Falsi method. 5

c) Derive Simpson's one-third rule from Newton-Cote's

quadrature formula. 5
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9. a) Solve the system of linear equation by LU Factorization

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Method : 8

2x – 6y + 8z = 24
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5x + 4y – 3z = 2
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3x + y + 2z = 16

b) Compute y ( 0.5 ), by Milne's predictor-corrector

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dy
method from = 2e x – y,
dx

given that y ( 0.1 ) = 2.0100, y ( 0.2 ) = 2.0401,

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y ( 0.3 ) = 2.0907, y ( 0.4 ) = 2.1621. 7

10. a) Find the root of the equation x tanx = 1.28, that lies in
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the interval ( 0, 1 ), correct to 4 decimal places, using

Bisection method. 6
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b) Find the solution of the following differential equation

by Euler's method for x = 1 by taking h = 0.2,

a c.

dy/dx = x + y with y = 1 when x = 0. 5

c) Show that ( 1 + )(1– ) 1. 4

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11. a) Obtain the Newton's Divide Difference interpolating

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polynomial, hence find f ( 3 ) : 8

x: 0 1 2 4 5 6
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f (x) : 1 14 15 5 6 19

b) Solve the following system of equations using Gauss

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elemination method : 7

– x + y + 10 z = 35·61
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x + 10 y + z = 20·08

10 + y – x = 11·19
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