The Islamic University of Gaza Instructor:

Faculty of Engineering Dr. Mazen Abualtayef

Numerical Analysis ECIV 3306 TA:
Midterm Exam (28/3/2017) Eng. Mohammed Elnazli
Allowable Time: 60 Minutes Eng. Sarah Rustom

:‫الرقم الجامعي‬ :‫ة‬/‫اسم الطالب‬

CLOSE BOOK EXAM

Using of Programmable Calculators is not allowed
Keep 4 significant figures in your calculations
Show all your calculation

Question (1): [10 marks]

State the correctness of the following statements by filling your answer
(T or F) in the allocated space.
( ) 1. The major advantage of numerical analysis is that a numerical answer can
be obtained even when a problem has no “analytical” solution.

( ) 2. Precision refers to how closely individual computed or measured values

agree with each other.

( ) 3. The Number 0.054070 represents 6 significant figures.

( ) 4. If f(x) is real and continuous in the interval xl to xu and f(xl)×f(xu)>0, then

there is no roots between xl and xu to this function.

( ) 5. The Bisection method may be divergent.

( ) 6. Ill conditioned systems are those where large changes in coefficient result
in small change in solution.

( ) 7. The Jacobi method is preferred over Gauss-Seidel method due to its faster
convergence speed based on the utilization of the best available estimates
of x values.

( ) 8. Pivoting is used to solve problems of ill-conditioned system.

( ) 9. The goal of Gauss-Jordan method is to reduce the coefficient matrix to an

upper triangular matrix.

( ) 10. The bracketing methods cannot use with multiple roots.

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Question (2): [10 marks]
a) (5 marks) Determine the real root of f(x) = 𝒆−𝒙 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐 + 𝟕𝒙 + 𝟒 using
The Newton-Raphson method to determine the root to a = 5%.
Employing initial guesses of xo = -1.

b) (5 marks) Determine the real root of f(x) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 using two

iterations of The False position method to determine the root. Employing
initial guesses of Xl = 0 and Xu = 2.

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Question (3): [10 marks]
a) (5 marks) Given the equations:
𝑥1 + 𝑥2 − 𝑥3 = −3
6𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 = 2
−3𝑥1 + 4𝑥2 + 𝑥3 = 1
Solve by Naïve-Gauss Elimination with partial pivoting and show all steps of
the computation.

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b) (5 marks) Consider the following system of equations:
10𝑥1 + 2𝑥2 − 𝑥3 = 27
−3𝑥1 − 6𝑥2 + 2𝑥3 = −61.5
𝑥1 + 𝑥2 + 5𝑥3 = −21.5
Solve the system using Gauss-Seidel Method.
Employ guesses [x1 = 0.2, x2 = 7.5, x3 = -5.5], use just 2 iterations
and find the approximation error.

Useful Formula
𝑥𝑙 + 𝑥𝑢
Bisection method 𝑋𝑟 =
2
𝑓(𝑥𝑢 )(𝑥𝑙 − 𝑥𝑢 )
False position method 𝑋𝑟 = x𝑢 −
𝑓(𝑥𝑙 ) − 𝑓(𝑥𝑢 )
𝑓 (𝑥𝑖 )
Newton-Raphson method 𝑋𝑖+1 = x𝑖 − ′
𝑓 (𝑥𝑖 )
f (x i )(x i 1  x i )
Secant method x i 1  x i 
f (x i 1 )  f (x i )