UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR

FACULTY OF NAC SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
NUMERICAL METHODS
WORKSHEEET IV
1. Solve the following system of equations using Gauss-Elimination, Gauss-Jordan and LU-
decomposition methods and check that the solutions are the same:

2. Using Gauss-Seidel and Gauss –Jacobi methods to solve the following system of equations:

3. Determine a and b so that f(x)=axb fits the following data in the least-squares sense.

4. The relative density ρ of air was measured at various altitudes h. The results were:

Use a quadratic least-squares fit to determine the relative air density at h=10.5 km.
5. Given the following data

If v and t an connected by the relation v = atb, find the best possible values of a and b.
6. The following are the numbers of deaths in four successive ten year age groups. Find the
number of deaths at 45-50 and 60-55.
7. Find the normal equations of the of the Curve y=ax+ܾ/‫ ݔ‬which will be fitted to n data points.
8. The following table gives the normal weights of babies during the first 12 months of life:

Find the weight of babies during 5 to 5.6 months of life.

9. Find the first and second derivative of f at x= 1.5 from the following table:

10. Find f′(4) from the following data:

11. A rod is rotating in a plane. The following table gives the angle θ(radians) through which the
rod has turned for various values of the time t(seconds).

Calculate the angular velocity and acceleration of the rod when t= 0.1 , 0.2, 1.1 1 nd 1.2 sec.
12. A rocket is launched from the ground. Its acceleration is registered during the first 80s and is
given in the table below. Using Simpson's one-third rule, find the velocity of the rocket at t= 80
seconds.

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13. Solve = ‫ ݔ‬+ ‫ݕ‬, y(1)=0, numerically up to x = 1.2, with h = 0.1 By Euler's method.
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14. Given =x3+y, y(0)=1 . Compute y(0.2) by Modified Euler’s method taking h = 0.1.
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15. Use Runge-Kutta method of order two to integrate ௗ௫
= ‫ ݔ݊݅ݏ‬with y(0) = 1 from x = 0 to 0.5

in steps of h = 0.1. Keep four decimal places in the calculations.

16. Use the Runge-Kutta fourth-order method to find the value of y when x= 1 given that
݀‫ ݕ ݕ‬− ‫ݔ‬
= , ‫ݕ‬ሺ0ሻ = 1
݀‫ ݕ ݔ‬+ ‫ݔ‬