Assignment – 7

(Numerical Analysis)
Q.1. Find the missing values in the following table:
x: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
y: 1 -1 1 -1 1 --- --- ---

Q.2. Using Newton’s forward and backward formula, find the value of f (0.7) , if
x: 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
f(x) : 2.68 3.04 3.38 3.68 3.96 4.21

Q.3. State Newton’s forward and backward interpolation formula and use these to calculate
the value of f (1.85) , given the following
x: 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
f(x) : 5.474 6.050 6.686 7.389 8.166 9.025 9.974

Q.4. Find the first and tenth terms of the series if the following data are given
x: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y: 2.7 6.4 12.5 21.6 34.3 51.2 72.9

Q.4. Find the real root of the equation 3 x  cos( x )  1 by Newton-Raphson method.

Q.5. Find the fourth root of 12 correct to four decimal places using the Newton’s method.

Q.6. Find a root of the following equations correct to three significant figures using Newton’s
iterative method:
(i) x 4  12 x  7  0 (ii) x 5  5 x 2  3  0 (iii) x sin( x )  cos( x)  0 which is near x  
(iv) x e x  2  0 (v) x 4  x 3  7 x 2  x  5  0 lying between 2 and 3.

Q.7. Employ Picard’s method to obtain correct to four places of decimal, solution for the
differential equation dy / dx  x 2  y 2 for x  0.4 , given that y  0 when x  0 .
Q.8. Using Picard’s approximation, obtain a solution upto the fifth approximation of the
dy x2
equation  , y (0)  0 .
dx y 2  1
Q.9. Using Taylor’s series method, compute the value of y at x  0.1 and x  0.2 upto five
places of decimals from dy / dx  x 2 y  1 , y (0)  1 .

Q.10. Evaluate y(0.1) correct to four places of decimals from dy / dx  y 2  x , y (0)  1 by

the Taylor’s series method.

Q.11. Apply Runge-Kutta fourth order method, to find an approximate value of y when
x  0.2  given that dy / dx  x  y , y (0)  1 .
dy y 2  x 2
Q.12. Using Runge-Kutta fourth order method, solve  , y (0)  1 at x  0.2 , 0.4 . 
dx y 2  x 2