COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS

TEST 1

SEMESTER 1, 2021 / 2022

PROGRAMME : Bachelor of Computer & Communication Engineering

(Hons.)
Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
(Hons.)
Bachelor of Electrical Power Engineering (Hons.)
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons.)

SUBJECT CODE : COEB223 / COEB2014

SUBJECT : Numerical Methods for Engineers

DATE : 15 October 2021

DURATION : 1.5 Hour

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. This paper contains THREE (3) questions in THREE (3) pages. Answer
ALL questions.

2. Write all answers in A4-sized papers. Write answer to EACH question on a

new page.

3. Write your name and student ID on every answer sheet. Scan all your answers
into .pdf file and submit through the Google Form using the link provided
earlier.

4. Only ONE (1) .pdf file (max. file size 10MB) is accepted. Only ONE (1) time
submission is allowed.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF THREE (3) PRINTED PAGES

INCLUDING THIS COVER PAGE

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QUESTION 1 [15 MARKS]

A developer recently appointed a consultant to perform structural displacement test on the

newly built 32-storey building structure in Putrajaya. The consultant found that the structure
displacement vs. time is defined by the following equation for a damped oscillation:

−0.7 t
y=10 e cos 4 t

where y is the structure displacement (m) andt is time (s). Use the secant method with t −1 =
0.25 s and t 0 = 0.35 s to estimate the time when the structure displacement is at 0.2 m.
Perform THREE (3) iterations only and calculate the approximate percent relative error for
every iteration.
[15 Marks]

Xr =0.3861
|ea|=0%

QUESTION 2 [20 MARKS]

A furniture manufacturer makes two types of furniture, chairs and sofas. The production of
the sofas and chairs requires three operations, carpentry, finishing, and upholstery.
Manufacturing a chair requires 3 hours of carpentry, 9 hours of finishing, and 2 hours of
upholstery. Manufacturing a sofa requires 2 hours of carpentry, 4 hours of finishing, and 10
hours of upholstery. Every day, the factory allocates at most 66 labour hours for carpentry,
180 labour hours for finishing, and 200 labour hours for upholstery. The profit per unit chair
is RM 90 and the profit per unit sofa is RM 75.

(a) Set up a linear programming problem to maximize the company’s daily profit.
[5 Marks]

(b) By using Simplex method, solve the linear programming problem in part (a). State the
maximum profit and the number of chairs and sofas that should be produced each day.
[15 Marks]

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X = 16
Y = 9

P = 2115

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QUESTION 3 [15 MARKS]

Pioneer Glove Sdn. Bhd. is one of the leading glove manufacturers in Malaysia. Its best
selling products are fabric glove, synthetic glove and leather glove. Due to the recent
movement control order (MCO), the company has decided to strategize its production line by
manufacturing only the three best selling products to minimize its production cost. Table 1
shows the amount of three main materials required to manufacture a box of each type of
glove. A box of glove comprises of 50 pairs of gloves.

Table 1: Amount of Material Required Per Box of Gloves

Fabric Latex Synthetic Leather

(unit) (unit) (unit)
Fabric glove (per box) 5 2 2
Synthetic glove (per box) 4 6 3
Leather glove (per box) 3 3 6

During the MCO period, the company limits the weekly supplies to only 2,000 units of
fabrics, 2,000 units of latex and 1,600 units of synthetic leathers.

(a) Set up the system of equations to estimate the number of boxes of each type of glove that
can be manufactured weekly during the MCO period.
[3 Marks]

(b) From the equations in part (a), estimate the number of boxes of each type of glove that
can be manufactured weekly during the MCO period using Gauss Seidel method with a
relaxation factor of 1.2. Begin your calculations using the initial values of 130 boxes, 180
boxes and 85 boxes of fabric gloves, synthetic gloves and leather gloves, respectively.
Perform TWO (2) iterations only.
[12 Marks]
x = 162
y = 242
z = 94

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