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M.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, May 2021

(FIRST SEMESTER)

111: NUMERICAL METHODS

Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks

SECTION – A (5 × 8 = 40)
Answer any FIVE questions

1. Solve 6x2  11x2  6x  1  0 given that the roots are in harmonic progression.
2. Using bisection method find the negative root of x 2  4x  9  0 by bisection
method.
3. Solve for a positive root of x3  4x  1  0 by regular Falsi method.
4. Find the root between 0 and 1 of x3  6x  4 correct to 5 decimal places using
Newton’s method.
5. Perform three iterations of the Newton Raphson method to solve the system of
equations.
x 2  xy  y 2  7 , x3  y3  9
6. Solve the equations
x1  x2  x3  6
3x1  3x2  4 x3  20
2 x1  x2  3x3  13
Using the Gauss elimination method.
7. For the following data, calculate the differences and obtain the forward and
backward difference polynomials. Interpolate at x  0.25 and x=0.35.
x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
f(x) 1.40 1.56 1.76 2.00 2.28
8. Using Euler’s method, solve numerically the equation y'=x+y, y(0)=1, for
x=0.0(0.2)(1.0)
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SECTION – B (3 × 20 = 60)
Answer any THREE questions

9. a) By using Newton Raphson method, find the root of x4  x  10  0 which is

neat to x=2 upto three decimal places.

b) Solve f ( x, y )  x 2  y 2  4  0 g ( x, y )  y  e x  1  0 starting with 1,1.7) by

Newton’s method.

10. a) Using Gauss Jordan method solve

x  2y  z  3, 2x  3y  3z  10, 3x-y+2z =13
b) Solve by Gauss Seidel method
28x  4 y  z  32
2 x  17 y  4 z  35
x  3 y  10z  24

11. a) Using Lagrange’s interpolation formula, prove

y1  y3  0.3( y5  y3 )  0.2( y3  y5 ) nearly.

b) Find the parabola of the form y  ax 2  bx  c passing through the points

(0,0) (1,1) and (2,20)

12. Prove : i) Trapezoidal rule ii) Truncation error in Trapezoidal Rule

13. Derive the improved and modified Euler’s method.

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