Assignment 2: Interpolation

1. Using Lagrange’s formula of interpolation, find y(27) (Answer: 49.3):

x 14 17 31 35
f(x) 68.7 64 44 39.1

2. Find log10 656 using Lagrange’s formula given that log10 654 = 2.8156, log10 658 = 2.8182, log10 659 = 2.8189, log10
661 = 2.8202. (Answer: 2.8169)

3. Using Lagrange’s formula fit a polynomial to the data given below and hence find the value of y when x = 3.
(Answer: 84)

x 0 1 2 4 5
y 0 16 48 88 0

4. Use Lagrange’s inverse formula to obtain the value of t when A = 85. (Answer: 6.5928)

t 2 5 8 4
A 94.8 87.9 81.3 68.7

5. Using Newton’s formula of interpolation, find f(22) and f(42) (Answer: 352, 219):

x 20 25 30 35 40 45
f(x) 354 332 291 260 231 204

6. Use Newton’s formula to construct a polynomial and find f(3.708). (Answer:9.7286)

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f(x) 1 2 4 7 11 16 22 29

7. The population of a town in a census is given below. Using Newton’s formula of interpolation, estimate the increase
in population during the period 1895 to 1925. [Answer: 41.8728 (in thousands)]

Year 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931

Population (in thousands) 46 66 81 93 101

8. The following table explains a relationship between steam pressure and temperature. Using Newton’s divided
difference formula, find the pressure at temperature 372.1. (Answer: 177.8395)

T 361o 367o 378o 387o 399o

P 154.9 167.9 191.0 212.5 244.2

9. Fit f(x) as a polynomial by Newton’s divided difference formula and find f(3). (Answer: 233)

x -4 -1 0 2 5
f(x) 1245 33 5 9 1335

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