ZARQA UNIVERSITY

Numerical Analyses

Report: Secant Method

Students:
Haytham Harb Salah Abdallah || 20220836

Supervisor: Eng. Mohamad Musleh

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Lab Work

Practical Work

1. Use the MATLAB implementation of the Secant method to find a root of the function
ƒ(𝑥) = 𝑥3 − 2𝑥2 − 6𝑥 + 4 using the initial guesses x−1=−3∧x 0=−4

Iteration 𝗑i 𝑓(𝗑i) 𝑓(𝗑i−1) 𝗌𝑎,i(%)

-4 58 33 Inf
0
-1.68 9.1872 58 138.1
1
-1.2433 3.6111 9.1872 35.119
2
-0.96057 0.61032 3.6111 29.439
3
-0.90305 0.058715 0.61032 6.3689
4
-0.89693 0.0011687 0.058715 0.68255
5

The approximate root is: -0.89693

2. Repeat step 2 using the initial guesses x−1=3∧x 0=2

Iteration 𝗑i 𝑓(𝗑i) 𝑓(𝗑i−1) 𝗌𝑎,i(%)

0 2 -2 9 Inf

2.1818 -0.44628 -2 8.3333

1

2 2.234 0.036668 -0.44628 2.3377

3 2.2301 -0.00057407 0.036668 0.1778

2.2301 -7.1585e-07 -0.00057407 0.0027407

4

5 2.2301 1.4012e-11 -7.1585e-07 3.4218e-06

The approximate root is: 2.2301

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3. Use the MATLAB implementation of the Secant method to find a root of the function
ƒ(𝑥) = sin(x) + cos (1+x) -1 :

a- Using the initial guesses x−1=1∧x0 =3 , the approximate root is :

The approximate root is: 2.5599

b- Using the initial guesses x−1=−5∧x 0=0 , the approximate root is :

The approximate root is: -151.3644

c- Using the initial guesses x−1=1.5∧x 0=8.5 , the approximate root is :

The approximate root is: 4.0901

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