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Question Bank (2022)

MAM-481, Engineering Mathematics IV
Unit # 1

3𝑥 2 𝑦 3
1. What is meant by absolute and relative error? If 𝑢 = 4 find maximum absolute and
𝑧
relative error in 𝑢 when error in 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 at 𝑥 = 𝑦 = 𝑧 = 1 respectively are each equal to
0.001.
2. If 𝑢 = 3𝑣 7 − 6𝑣, find the percent error in u at v=1 if the error in v is 0.05.
3. Find the number of term of the exponential series such that their sum gives the value of
𝑒 𝑥 correct to eight decimal place for all values of x in the range 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1.
4. Use the series
1+𝑥 𝑥3 𝑥5
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 = 2 [𝑥 + + + ⋯ ]
1−𝑥 3 5
to compute the value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 (1.2) correct to seven decimal places. Determine the number
of terms required.
5. Using bisection method find a root correct to three decimal places of the equation
𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 − 5 = 0 in the interval [0,1].
6. Find a real root of the equation 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 1 = 0 on the interval [0,1] with an accuracy
of 10−4 .
7. Solve 𝑥 3 − 9𝑥 + 1 = 0 for the root lying between 2 and 4 by the Regula –Falsi method.
8. Find real cube root of 18 by Regula –Falsi method.
9. Use iteration method to solve 𝑒 −𝑥 = 10𝑥.
10. State the Newton-Raphson’s method to find the root of an equation and show that
Newton-Raphson’s method has second order convergence.
11. Using Newton-Raphson method find a real root of cos 𝑥 = 𝑥 2 correct to four significant
figure.
12. Find a real root of 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 − 1 = 0 by secant method.
13. Use iteration method to solve cos 𝑥 = 3𝑥 − 1.
14. Find a real root correct to three decimal places of cos 𝑥 = 𝑥 𝑒 𝑥 by Newton –Raphson
method.
15. Find a real root between 1 and 2 of log 𝑥 = cos 𝑥.

Unit#2

16. Solve the following system of equations by Gauss elimination method

2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 10
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 18
𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 9𝑧 = 16
17. Solve the following system of equation by Gauss- Jordan method
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 9, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 6, 3𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 8
 18. Factorized the following matrix in LU form
2 3 1
[1 2 3 ]
3 1 2
19. Apply Cholesky’s method to find the inverse of
1 2 0.5
[2 5 0 ]
0.5 0 2.25
20. Solve the following system of equations
83𝑥 + 11𝑦 − 4𝑧 = 95
7𝑥 + 52𝑦 + 13𝑧 = 104
3𝑥 + 8𝑦 + 29𝑧 = 71.
by (i) Jacobi’s method (ii) Gauss-Seidel method.
21. Solve the following system of equations
10𝑥1 − 2𝑥2 − 𝑥3 − 𝑥4 = 3
−2𝑥1 + 10𝑥2 − 𝑥3 − 𝑥4 = 15
−𝑥1 − 𝑥2 + 10𝑥3 − 2𝑥4 = 27
−𝑥1 − 𝑥2 − 2𝑥3 + 10𝑥4 = −9

by (i) Jacobi’s method (ii) Gauss-Seidel method.

22. Solve the following system of equations by Gauss-Seidel method
10𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 12, 𝑥 + 9𝑦 − 𝑧 = 10, 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 11𝑧 = 20.

23. Determine the largest eigenvlue and the corresponding eigenvector of the matrices
1 6 1
[1 2 0]
0 0 3
24. Find dominant eigenvalue and corresponding eigenvector of
5 0 1
[0 −2 0]
1 0 5

Unit#3

25. Prove the following relations:

𝛿 𝛿2 𝛿2
(a) 𝛿 2 𝐸 ≡ ∆2 (b) 𝐸 −1/2 ≡ 𝜇 − (c) ∆ − ∇≡ 𝛿 2 (d) ∆≡ + 𝛿 √1 +
2 2 4
26. Form a table of differences for the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 − 7 for
𝑥 = −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Use the table to obtain the value of 𝑓(1.5) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓(4.5).
27. Find the missing terms in the following:
x 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
y 1 3 ? 73 225 ? 1153

28. Using Gauss’s forward formula, find the value of 𝑓(32) given that
𝑓(25) = 0.2707, 𝑓(30) = 0.3027, 𝑓(35) = 0.3386 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓(40) = 0.3794.
29. State Gauss’s backward formula and use it to find the value of √12525, given that
√12500 = 111.8034, √12510 = 111.8481, √12520 = 111.8928, √12530 =
111.9375, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 √12540 = 111.9822 .

30. State Stirling’s formula for interpolation at the middle of a table of values and find 𝑒1.91
from the following table:
x 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2
𝑒𝑥 5.4739 6.0496 6.6859 7.3891 8.1662 9.0250

𝜋/2
31. The value of the elliptic integral 𝐾(𝑚) = ∫0 (1 − 𝑚 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃)−1/2 𝑑𝜃 for equidistance
values of m are given below
m 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.28 0.30
K(m) 1.659624 1.669850 1.680373 1.691208 1.702374 1.713889
Use Everett’s formula to find K (0.25).

32. Find 𝑦(2) from the following data using Lagrange’s formula
x 0 1 3 4 5
y 0 1 81 256 625

33. The function 𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 is tabulated below,

x 0 𝜋/4 𝜋/2
y=sinx 0 0.70711 1.0
Using Lagrang’s interpolation formula, find the value of sin(𝜋/6). Estimate the upper
bound of error.
34. Find a cubic polynomial which fits the data
(−2, −12), (−1, −8), (2, 3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3, 5).

35. Certain corresponding values of x and 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑥 are (300, 2.4771), (304, 2.4829), (305,
2.4843), (307, 2.4871). Find 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 301 .

36. Given the set of tabulated points (0, 2), (1, 3), (2, 12), and (15, 3587) satisfying the
function 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥), compute 𝑓(4) using Newton’s divided difference formula.

UNIT#4

37. Find the value of cos(1.74) using the following table

X 1.70 1.74 1.78 1.82 1.86
Sin x 0.9916 0.9857 0.9781 0.9691 0.9584

38. A slider in a machine moves along a fixed rod. Its distance x(cm.) along the rod is given
below for various values of time t(seconds)
t 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
 x 30.13 31.62 32.87 33.64 33.95 33.81 33.24
Find the velocity and acceleration of the slider at t=0.3 sec.

39. Using the following data find x, correct to 2 decimal places for which y is maximum and
also find this value of y.
x 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
y 0.9320 0.9636 0.9855 0.9975 0.9996
40. From the following table, find the area bounded by the curve y=f(x), x-axis and the
ordinate x=7.47, x=7.51
x 7.47 7.48 7.49 7.50 7.51
f(x) 1.93 1.95 1.98 2.01 2.06

41. A solid of revolution is formed by revolving about the x-axis the area between the x-axis,
the lines x=0 and x=1 and a curve through the points with the following coordinates;
x 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00
y 1 0.9896 0.9589 0.9089 0.8415
Estimate the volume of the solid formed.
1 1
42. Evaluate 𝐼 = ∫0 𝑑𝑥 correct to the three decimal places.
1+𝑥

43. A reservoir discharging water through sluices at a depth h below the water has a surface
area A for various values of h as given below

h in ft. 10 11 12 13 14
A in sq.ft. 950 1070 1200 1350 1530
𝑑ℎ 48
If t denotes the time in minutes, the rate of fall of the surface is given by = − √ℎ
𝑑𝑡 𝐴
Estimate the time taken for the water level to fall from 14 ft. to 10 ft. above the sluices.

𝜋/2
44. Find the approximate value of ∫0 √𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑑𝜃 by dividing the interval into six parts.

1.4
45. Compute ∫0.2 (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑒 𝑥 )𝑑𝑥 .

1
46. Evaluate∫0 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 𝑑𝑥, using h=0.2.

0.3
47. Compute ∫0 (1 − 8𝑥 3 )1/2 𝑑𝑥 .

6 𝑑𝑥
48. Evaluate ∫0 .
1+𝑥 2

UNIT#5
 𝑑𝑦
49. Given = 𝑥 − 𝑦 2 and 𝑦(0) = 1, obtain the Taylor’s series for y(x) and compute y(0.1)
𝑑𝑥
correct to the four decimal places.

50. Find the value of y for x=0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 correct to the three decimal places by Picard’s
𝑑𝑦 𝑥2
method where = , 𝑦(0) = 0.
𝑑𝑥 𝑦 2 +1

51. Apply Euler’s method to solve

𝑑𝑦
= 𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 0
𝑑𝑥
Choose h=0.2 and compute y(0.4) and y(0.6). Also find these values by Euler’s modified
method and compare with the exact value.

52. Apply Runga-Kutta method to solve

𝑑𝑦
10 = 𝑥2 + 𝑦2, 𝑦(0) = 1
𝑑𝑥
For interval 0 < 𝑥 ≤ 0.3 with h=0.1
𝑑𝑦
53. Given that = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1. Find the value of y(0.1) using Euler’s modified
𝑑𝑥
method.
𝑑𝑦
54. Given that = 1 + 𝑦 2 , 𝑦(0) = 0, find y(0.2), y(0.4) and y(0.6) using Runga-Kutta
𝑑𝑥
method.
1
55. Apply Milne’s method to obtain y(2) if y(x) is the solution of 𝑦 ′ = (𝑥 + 𝑦), given
2
y(0)=2, y(0.5)=2.636, y(1.0)=3.595, y(1.5)=4.968.

56. Solve the initial value problem for x=0.8 using Milne’s method
𝑦 ′ = 1 + 𝑦 2 , 𝑦(0) = 0.
Given y(0.2)=0.2027, y(0.4)=0.4228, y(0.6)=0.6841.

57. Solve Laplace’s equation using Gauss-Seidal formula for the fig. given below. Also solve
using Jacobi’s method.

(i)

50 100 100 100 50

0 0
𝑢7 𝑢8 𝑢9
0 0
𝑢4 𝑢5 𝑢6
0 0
𝑢1 𝑢2 𝑢3
0 0 0 0 0
 (ii) 1 1

0 0
𝑢4 𝑢3 0
0
𝑢1 𝑢2
0 0

58. Using Crank-Nicolson scheme find the solution of the heat equation
𝜕𝑢 𝜕 2 𝑢
= 2
𝜕𝑡 𝜕𝑥
Subject to the conditions u(x, 0)= 0, u(0, t)= 0 and u(1, t)= t.