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a) Find the real root of f ( x )=x 2 −2 in the interval [1, 2] by using the
Bisection method.
[5 Marks]
b) Fit a straight line of the form y=a0 +a 1 x to the data;

x 1 2 3 4 6 8
y 2.4 3.1 3.5 4.2 5.0 6.0
[5
Marks]
1
1 1
c) Evaluate I=∫ dx using Simpson’s Rule withℎ=0.25. [5
0 1+ x 3
Marks]