Solution File Assignment NO.

01
Mth603

Question: 1 Marks: 10

Using Newton-Raphson method approximates the root of the following equation in the interval  0 , 1
up to the three decimal places.
f  x   3 x  cos x  1
Note: All the calculations should be in radian.

Solution:
Since the root of lies between 0 and 1.

Also,

We shall take the initial approximation then the Newton’s iteration formula is

If , the first approximation is given by

If ,

Since the two consecutive iterations are agreed with each other up to 4 decimal places, so the required
root is 0.6071. 1

Question: 2 Marks: 10

Using Regula Falsi method approximates the root of the following equation upto four decimal places.
f  x  x  e  x
Note: The following graph of above equation can be very helpful in finding the interval of the root. So,
I am not mentioning the interval there as mentioned above. So, try to find the appropriate interval then
apply the method. Otherwise, the convergence would be very slow.

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Solution:
Since
From the above figure it is clear that the root lies between 0 and 1.

Let
Using the method of false position

So root lies between 0 and 0.61271

So root lies between 0 and 0.57212

So root lies between 0 and 0.5677

So root lies between 0 and 0.567205

Since the two consecutive iterations are agreed with each other up to 4 decimal places, so the required
root is 0.5672.