Faculty of

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Built Environment

Coursework Assessment Brief

Academic Year 2016-17
Module: Numerical Analysis
Assessment Title: Use of Matlab for Numerical Analysis

Assessment Identifier: CWK1.1

Centre: ADE

Module Co-ordinator: Dr M S Srai

Assessment Details
See ECMS My Course on the intranet.
and Deadlines:
Assessment Summary To demonstrate ability to use Matlab for numerical problem
solving.

Your course is accredited by the IET and the IMechE as contributing towards
Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng) status.
Under the requirements of our professional body accreditation, you must achieve a
minimum of 30% in every item of assessment, otherwise you will fail the module even
if you get an overall aggregate mark in excess of 40% for that module.
Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:
1. Demonstrate how computer packages can be used to solve polynomials
2. Use computer packages to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of 3 × 3 matrix.
3. Solve an equation using the Newton-Raphson method.
4. Discuss the usefulness of the computer packages used
Assessment Details:
Refer to attached sheets for further details and a table of assessment criteria and associated
grading criteria.

Assessment Criteria:
1. Solve polynomials using a number of methods.

2. Find eigenvalues and eigenvectors.

3. Use the Newton-Raphson method to solve an equation

.

Assessment Tasks

There are 10 sets of data numbered (0 to 9).

You are to use the data set that is the same number as the last (8 th) digit on your student
number. E.g. a student with a number 06381910 would use set 0 and a student with a
number 08397761 would use set 1 and so on.

a) Use Matlab to plot and label a graph of the polynomials f(x) and h(x) and use this to
solve the equations f(x) = 0 and h(x) = 0, all the solutions are integers.
[25 marks]

b) Using Matlab to solve the polynomial equation h(x) = 6 using at least two different
methods [25 marks]

c) Find the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors for the matrix A using Matlab. Explain
which eigenvector the software reports as there are theoretically an infinite number.
Confirm answers.
[25 marks]
1
d) Solve the cubic equation x 3  x 2  10x  14.abc  0 using the Newton Raphson
2
method and manual calculations, giving your final answer to 6 decimal places.
The abc are the final 3 digits of your student number, e.g. a student with number
09043582 would use 14.582. Repeat using Matlab and compare the two methods.
[25 marks]
Table of Assessment Criteria and Associated Grading Criteria

Assessment Part a) Part b) Part c) Part d)

Criteria 
Weighting: 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25
Grading
Criteria No plots Incorrect Incorrect Incorrect
0 – 29% provided formulation answers method
30 – 39% No solutions Only one Vectors not Incorrect
method identified answers
40 – 49% No labelling No Not Not Matlab
of plots agreement confirmed confirmed
50 – 59% Non-integer Agreement Confirmed Confirmed
Solutions of methods by Matlab
60 – 69% Plot ranges Plot ranges Correctly Plot
optimized optimized identified provided
70 − 79% Functions Function Matrix Function
factorized factorized factorized factorized
80+% Excellently Excellently Excellently Excellently
presented presented presented presented

Checklist Plots Plot Matlab Matlab/plot

commands commands
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anywhere on a continuum ranging from sloppy paraphrasing to verbatim
transcription without crediting sources.

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accordingly.

The University requires that the following statement is included in all module documents.

“You are reminded of the University Disciplinary Procedures which refer to cheating.
Except where the assessment of an assignment is group-based, the final piece of work
which is submitted must be your own work. Close similarity between assignments is
likely to lead to an investigation for cheating. It is not advisable to show your
completed work to your colleagues or to share and exchange disks.

You must also ensure that you acknowledge all sources you have used. Work which is
discovered to be the result of collusion or plagiarism will be dealt with under the
University’s Disciplinary Procedures, and the penalty may involve the loss of academic
credits.

If you have any doubts about the extent to which you are allowed to collaborate with
your colleagues, or the conventions for acknowledging the source you have used, you
should first of all consult module documentation and, if still unclear, your module tutor.”

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is your own by completing the Coursework Submission & Record Form which should be
printed from ECMS My-course on https://mytid.bcu.ac.uk/.

It is the STUDENT’S responsibility to accurately complete the form and comply with its
rules and guidance as described in the student handbook for this academic year.
Data for Numerical Analysis Assignment 1.1 2016-17

Set 0 (for students whose number ends with 0)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 4x 2 ─ 11x ─ 30

h(x) = x 4 + 5x 3 ─ 5x 2 ─ 45x – 36

c)
 1 2  5
 
A=  3 4 3 
 4 6 4 

Set 1 (for students whose number ends with 1)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 2x 2 ─ 19x ─ 20

h(x) = x 4 + 5x 3 ─ 13x 2 ─ 77x ─ 60

c)
1 2 5
 
A =  3  5 1
4 1 3

Set 2 (for students whose number ends with 2)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 3x 2 ─ 13x ─ 15

h(x) = x 4 ─ x 3 ─ 19x 2 ─ 11x + 30

c)

 1 2 5
 
A =  3  3 1
 4 1 3

Set 3 (for students whose number ends with 3)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 2x 2 ─ 11x ─ 12

h(x) = x 4 + 6x 3 + 3x 2 ─ 26x ─ 24
c)
 1  2  5
  5 3 
A=  3
 4 6 1 
Set 4 (for students whose number ends with 4)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 ─ x 2 ─ 14x + 24

h(x) = x 4 + 2x 3 ─ 16x 2 ─ 2x + 15

c)
 1 2  5
 
A=  3 5 3 
 4 6 1 

Set 5 (for students whose number ends with 5)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 3x 2 ─ 10x ─ 24

h(x) = x 4 + 8x 3 + 7x 2 ─ 36x ─ 36

c)
 1 2 5
 
A =  3  5 3
 4 1 3

Set 6 (for students whose number ends with 6)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 6x 2 + 3x ─ 10

h(x) = x 4 + x 3 ─ 11x 2 ─ 9x + 18

c)
 1  2  5
 
A =  3 5 2 
 4 6 1 

Set 7 (for students whose number ends with 7)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 8x 2 + 9x ─ 18

h(x) = x 4 + 6x 3 ─ 13x 2 ─ 90x ─ 72

c)
 1 2  5
 3 
A=  3 7
 4 6 1 
Set 8 (for students whose number ends with 8)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 6x 2 ─ x ─ 30

h(x) = x 4 ─ 4x 3 ─ 9x 2 + 16x + 20

c)
 1 2 5
 
A =  1  5 3
 4 1 3

Set 9 (for students whose number ends with 9)

a) & b) f(x) = x 3 + 3x 2 ─ 6x ─ 8

h(x) = x 4 + 6x 3 ─ 4x 2 ─ 54x ─ 45

c)
 1  2  5
  5 3 
A=  3
 4 8 1 