DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SCIENCE

GST 04111: GSU 07212
ALGEBRA AND APPLICATION OF CALCULUS
GROUP ASSIGNMENT
(To be collected on 7th April 2023)

Question: Use differentiation techniques to;

a) Determine tangent and curvature of a curve (Give 2 examples in each).
b) Establish Newton’s method.
c) By using Newton’s method find the zeros of the following function;
i) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 5 − 𝑥 + 1 (Approximate your answer to four decimal places)
(𝑥−1)2
ii) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 +1

NB: THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE TYPED