BMM 301

Numerical Methods

Tutorial 1

1. Do three iterations of the bisection method, applied to () = 3 2, using = 0 and

= 2.
2. For each of the following functions, do a calculation by using bisection method to find
the root to an accuracy of 0.1. This will take at most five iterations, and fewer for severel
of them.
a. () = 6 1,

[ , ] = [0,2]

b. () = 3 3,

[ , ] = [0,3]
2

c. () = ,

[ , ] = [0,1]

d. () = 3 2 ,

[ , ] = [0,2]

e. () = + ,

[ , ] = [ , 1]
10

3. Use the bisection method to find the root of () = 2 2 = 0 accurate to within

= 0.002. Given that = 1 , = 4.

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