Case Study (Workshops)

1. What does Descartes’ Rule of Signs tell you about the number of positive and
negative roots of a function? Using Descartes’ rule of signs, determine the number
of positive and negative roots of the following functions:

(𝒂) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 5𝑥 6 − 4𝑥 5 + 3𝑥 4 − 2𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 6

(𝒃) 𝑔(𝑦) = 9𝑦 5 − 7𝑦 4 − 5𝑦 3 − 3𝑦 2 − 𝑦 + 10

(𝒄) ℎ(𝑧) = 𝑧 4 − 2𝑧 2 + 12𝑧 − 8

2. Classify the following methods as Directive Method and Iterative Method:

(𝒂) Bisection Method (𝒃) Remainder Theorem Method

(𝒄) Factorization Method (𝒅) Newton - Raphson Method

3. Among all the methods for solving the Algebraic and Transcendental equations,
which method is more accurate and less time-consuming? Write down the algorithm
of that method.

4. Write down the formula of the following rules for 𝑛 = 12.

(𝒂) Trapezoidal Rule (𝒃) Simpson’s 1/3 Rule

(𝒄) Simpson’s 3/8 Rule (𝒅) Weddle’s Rule

5. Using Modified Euler’s method, find an approximate value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 0.2 of

𝑑𝑦
the differential equation = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 with 𝑦(0) = 1. (taking ℎ = 0.1)
𝑑𝑥