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No. of Printed Pages : 4 MCSE-004
MCA (Revised)
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c\1 Term-End Examination
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June, 2011
MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL

COMPUTING
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Question No.1 is compulsory. Attempt any three from

the rest. Use of calculator is allowed.
1. (a) Define Absolute Error, Relative Error and 3+5

Percentage Error. Show that
(a — b) a b
# — — — , where :
c c c
a =0.41, b=0.36 and c = 0.70
(b) Find the real root of the equation 8
x3 — 2x — 5=0 using Bisection Method.
Upto four iterations only.
(c) Solve by Jacobi's method the following 8
system of linear equations.
2x1 — x2 + x3 = —1
X 1 + 2X2 - X3 = 6
x1 — X2 ± 2X3 - 3
Upto 3 - iterations only
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(d) Write down the polynomial of lowest degree 8

which satisfies the following set of numbers,
using the forward difference polynomial.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f(x ) 0 7 26 63 124 125 342 511
(e) Evaluate 8
1 1
—dx correct to 3 decimal places
0 1+x
by
(i) Simpson's rule
(h =0.125)
Explain the cases where Newton's method 4

fail.
Find a real root of the equation 8
f(x) = x3 – x –1 =0
Up to four iterations only.
(c) Use Gauss - Seidel Method to solve the 8
equation :
x+y–z=0
–x+3y=2
x – 2z = –3
Initial solution vector is [0.8 0.8 2.11T.
Upto 3 - iterations only.
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3. (a) The population of a town in the decennial 8

census was as given below Estimate the
population for the year 1895.
Year : x 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931
Population : y
46 66 81 93 101
(in Thousands)
6
Evaluate [2 + sin(2J )dx using 8
1
simpson's rule with 5 points.
Explain Euler's Method for solving an 4
ordinary differential equation.
4. (a) Solve the initial value problem d y = 1 + y2 10

dx
where y = 0 when x=0 using Fourth order
classical Runge-Kutta Method. Also find
y(0.2), y(0.4)
2 2xdx
(b) Evaluate the integral I = 4 using 10
1+x
Gauss - Legendre 1 - point, 2 - point and
3 - point quadrature rules. Compare with
the exact solution.
5. (a) A box contains 6 red, 4 white and 5 black 8

balls. A person draws 4 balls from the box
at random. Find the probability that among
the balls drawn there is at least one ball of
each color.
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(b) Find the most likely price in Bombay 8

corresponding to the price of Rs. 70 at
Calcutta from the following
Calcutta Bombay
Av. Price 65 67
Standard Deviation 2.5 3.5
Corelation Co - efficient between the prices
of commodities in the two cities is 0.8.
(c) Ten coins are thrown simultaneously. Find 4
the probability of getting at least seven
heads.
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MCA (Revised)
C\1
oo Term-End Examination
December, 2011

COMPUTING
Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three from

the rest. Use of calculator is allowed.
1. (a) Define Error. 2+6
Solve the quadratic equation

x2 + 9.9x —1= 0 using two decimal digit
arithmetic with rounding.
(b) Use Bisection Method to find a root of the 8

equation x3 — 4x — 9=0. Go upto 5 iteration
only.
(c) Solve the equations : 8
2x+3y+z =9
x+2y+3z =6
3x+y+2z=8
by LU decomposition Method.

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(d) From the following table. Find the value of 8

e1.17,
using backward interpolation formula.
X 1.00 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20
ex 2.7183 2.8577 3.0042 3.1582 3.3201
(e) Evaluate the integral ( x2+x+2) dx using 8

0
Trapezoidal rule with h = 1.0
2. (a) Find a real root of the equation 10

x3 +x2 -1 =0
on the interval [0,1] using successive
iteration method, upto three iterations only.
(b) Use Gauss Elimination to solve the system 10
of equations.
10x1 — 7x2 = 7
— 3x1 + 2.099x2 + 6x3 = 3.901
5x1 — x2 + 5x3 = 6
upto 3 iterations only.
3. (a) Use Runge - Kutta method to solve the initial 10

value problem.
= (t — y)/2 on [0,0.2] with y(0) =1.
Compare the solutions with h = 0.2 and 0.1.
P/2
(b) Evaluate the integral I= J0 sin x dx 10
Using the Gauss-Legendre formulas.

Compare with the exact solution (the exact
value is I = 1).
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4. (a) Find the Lagrange interpolating polynomial 10

of degree 2 approximating the function
y =ln x defined by the following table of
values. Hence determine the value of In 2.7.
X 2 2.5 3.0
y = In x 0.69315 0.91629 1.09861
Also estimate the error in the value of y.
J
6
(b) [2+sin(2 rx)] dx 10
Evaluate the above integral using

trapezoidal rule with 5 points.
5. (a) A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that 8
5% of his product is defective. If he sells
cotter pins in boxes of 100 and guarantees
that not more than 10 pins will be defective.
What is the approximate probability that a
box will fail to meet the guaranteed
quality ?
(b) Find the most likely price in Bombay 8
corresponding to the price of Rs. 70 at
Calcutta from the following :
Calcutta Bombay
Average price 65 67
Standard 2.5 3.5
Deviation
Correlation coefficient between the prices
of commodities in the two cities is 0.8.
(c) Show that the moment generating function 4
of a random variable x which is chi - square
distributed with v degrees of freedom is
M(t) = (1— 2t) —V / 2.
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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination 07337
June, 2012

COMPUTING

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three
questions from the rest. Use of calculator is allowed.
1. (a) If 0.333 is the approximate value of 1/3, find 3

absolute, relative and percentage error.
(b) Determine the number of iterations required 5
to obtain the smallest positive root of
x3 - 2x - 5 = 0 correct upto two decimal
places.
(c) Solve x + 2y + z = 3 5
2x + 3y + 3z = 10
3x - y + 2z = 13
by Gauss Elimination Method.
(d) Find the value of Atan-lx, the interval of 2
differencing being h.
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(e) A table of x Vs. f (x) is given below. Find 5

the value of f (x) at x = 4, use Lagrange
Interpolation formula.
x 3 6
f (x )-) — 0.25 2 20
0.6
(f) Find the value of J ez dx, taking n=6, 5

0
correct to five significant figures using
Simpson's Y3 rule
(g) An individual's IQ score has a Normal 5
distribution N (100, 152). Find the
probability that an individual IQ score is
between 91 and 121.
(h) Following data is given for marks in subject 7
A and B of a certain examination.
Subject A Subject B
Mean Marks 36 85
Standard Deviation 11 8
Coefficient of correlation between
A and B = ± 0.66
(i) Determine the two equations of
regression.
(ii) Calculate the expected marks in A
corresponding to 75 marks obtained
in B.
(i) Write the probability distribution formula 3
for Binomial distribution, Poisson
distribution and Normal distribution.
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2. (a) Find an approximate value of the root of the 5
equation x3 + x –1=0, near x=1. Using the
method of Regula-Falsi, twice.
(b) Solve following system of equations by using 6
Gauss - seidel iteration method, perform two
iterations
8x – 3y + 2z = 20
6x + 3y + 12z = 35
4x + lly – z = 33
(c) Solve the following system of equations by 6
using LU decomposition method
x+y=2 ; 2x+3y=5
(d) For x = 0.5555 El ; y =0.4545 El and 3
z = 0.4535 El, prove that x (y – z) # xy – xz
3. (a) A polynomial passes through the points 5

(1, –1), (2, –1), (3, 1) and (4, 5). Find the
polynomial using Newton's forward
interpolation formula.
(b) Calculate the value of the integral 5
52
f log x dx.
4
by using : (i) Simpson's 3 rule
(ii) Simpson's Y3 rule
(c) Using Runge Kutta method find y (0.2) for 10
d y – y–x
the equation —dx y±x ; y(0)=1. Take
h = 0.2.
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4, (a) The tangent of the angle between the lines 5
of regression y on x and x on y is 0.6 and
1
crx = 2.ay. Find r
(b) Compute R and R2 for the data given below : 5
Sample Size (i) 12 21 15 1 24
xi 0.96 1.28 1.65 1.84 2.35
yi 138 160 178 190 210
A
y1 138
A
ei 0
regression equation y = 90 + 50x is used to
fill the table where eA = yi — yAi .

(c) If a bank receives on an average A =6 bad 5
cheques per day. What is the probability
that it will receive 4 bad cheques on any
given day ?
(d) What do you mean by term "Goodness to 5
fit test" ? What for the said test is required?
5. (a) Solve the following system of equations by 7

Jacobi Method, determine the results for
three approximations.
3x+4y+15z=54.8
x + 12y + 3z =39.66
10x +y — 2z = 7.74
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1
dx
(b) Evaluate the integral I=0 1+x by using 8
composite trapezoidal rule with 2 and 4

subintervals.
(c) A book contains 100 misprints distributed 5
randomly throughout its 100 pages. What
is the probability that a page observed at
random contains atleast two misprints.
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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
08086
December, 2012

COMPUTING
Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three

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1. (a) If Tr = — is approximated as 3.14, find the 3
7
absolute error, relative error and relative
percentage error.
(b) Determine the real root of the equation 6
x3 — x2 — 2=0, correct to one decimal place,
using Regula-Falsi method.
(c) Solve the following system of equations by 6
Jacobi iteration method.
8x —3y + 2z =20
4x +11y — z =33
(Perform three iterations) 6x + 3y +12z = 35
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1-1+Af (x)
(d) Prove that A { log f (x) } = log
[ f (x) 3
(e) Determine the polynomial in x, by using 6

Lagrange's interpolation, from the following
data.
x 0 1 3 5 6 9
y= f (x ) -18 0 0 -248 0 13104
5
(f) Find the value of logic) x dx, taking B 6
subintervals correct to four decimal places

by Trapezoidal rule.
(g) The length of metallic strips produced by a 6

machine has mean 100 cm and variance
2.25 cm. Only strips with weight between
98 and 103 cm are acceptable. What
proportion of strips will be acceptable ? You
may assume that the length of a strip has a
Normal Distribution.
(h) What do you mean by term "Random 4

Variable", classify them ? How you analyse
which probability distribution is applicable
on which type of random variable ?
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2. (a) Verify that propagated error in addition is 3

given by
x y
ex+y =r x x±y +ry
x+y
where rx and r are relative error.

(b) The quadric equation x4 — 4x2 + 4 = 0 has a 6
double root. Starting with xo =1.5 compute
two iterations by Newton Raphson method.
(c) Solve the linear system of equations 8
10 X1 X2 4- 2X3 — 6
— + 11X2 — X3 ± 3X4 = 25
2X1 — X2 ± 10X3 — X4 = —11
3X2 — X3 +8X4 = 15
by Gauss Seidel method rounded to four
decimal places.
(d) Let a = 0.41, b = 0.36 and c = 0.70 prove
(a—b) # b
# —
c c c
3. (a) Find Newton's Backward Difference form

of interpolating polynomial for the data :
x : 4 6 8 10
f (x ) : 19 40 79 142
Hence interpolate f (9).
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x dx 6
(b) Calculate the value of integral J log
4
by using
(i) Trapezoidal Rule (ii) Weddle's Rule
(c) Solve the Intermediate Value Problem 8
(IVP) Y' = 2Y + 3e t ; Y(0) = 0 by using
Classical Runge - Kutta method of 0 (h 4).
Find Y (0.1), Y (0.2), Y (0.3) using h= 0.1.
4. (a) 1000 light bulbs with a mean life of 120 days 8

are installed in a new factory and their
length of life is normally distributed with
standard deviation of 20 days.
(i) How many bulbs will expire in less
than 90 days ?
(ii) If it is decided to replace all the bulbs
together, what interval should be
allowed between replacements if not
more than 10% should expire before
replacement ?
(b) In partially destroyed laboratory record of 12
an analysis of correlation data, the
following results are legible
Variance of X = 9
Regression Equations : 8X-10Y +66=0
40X — 18Y — 214 = 0
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What are :
(i) the mean values of X and Y
(ii) the correlation coefficient between
X and Y
(iii) standard deviation of Y.
5. (a) What do you mean by the term "Accuracy" 4

and "Precision", how they are related to
significant digits ?
1
Ax
(b) Evaluate 5 using 8
0 1+x
(i) Composite Trapezoidal rule

(ii) Composite Simpson rule with 2 and 4
subintervals.
(c) Fit a straight line to the following data 8
regarding x as the independent variable :
x: 0 1 2 3 4
y: 1.0 1.8 3.3 4.5 6.3
Hence find the difference between the actual

value of y and the value of y obtained from
the fitted curve when x =3.
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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination 09427
June, 2013

COMPUTING
Time 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

questions from the rest. use of calculator is allowed.
1. (a) Explain briefly what are the sources of 4+4

error ? Verify the associative property for
the floating point numbers. i.e. prove :
(a + b) — c # (a — c) + b, where a = .5665E1,
b = .5556E —1 and c = .5644E1
(b) Find the root correct to three decimal places 8
using Regula - Falsi method x4 — x —10 = 0.
(c) Solve the following system of equations
4x1 + x2 + x3 = 4
+ 4x2 — 2x3 = 4
3x1 + 2x2 — 4x3 = 6
By the Gauss Elimination method with
partial pivoting.
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(d) Find the unique polynomial P(x) of degree 8

2 or less such that
P(1)=1, P(3) =27, P(4)=64
Using Lagrange interpolation formula.
(e) Calculate the value of the integral 8
5.2
log x dx
4
by
(i) Trapezoidal rule
1
(ii) Simpson's — rule
3
2. (a) Find all the roots of cosx — x2 —x = 0 to five 8

decimal places.
(b) Solve the following system of equations 8
x+y—z=0
—x+3y=2
x — 2z = —3
By Gauss - Seidel method. Write its matrix
form.
(c) Write the pitfalls in the Gauss Elimination 4
Method.
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of which
(a) In the table below the values the
of y are
consecutive terms of a series
3. number 21.6 is the 0-11 term. "find the First
f the series.
and tenth terms o
5
A 2 1,15ii-vg,weacker
ax
l x-
(b) -Evaluate the integra 1
-= 0.5 7
rule with h - ..- 2
- V — x Where '9(0) -
a:9 =--
c.) Given ax ancl y(0.2) correct to four decimal
ind '9(0)
places using Runge-Kutta Second Order
S
Method .
An experiment consist of three independent tosses
of a fair C0111. - the no. of heads

(a) Let x ------ the no. of head Tuns
ii -,------
-
the length of head runs
a head Z run being defined as consecutive
occurance of at least two heads, its length

then being, the number of heads occuring
togetlAer in three tosses of the coin. Find the
ction of
probability fun
0-I) .9,
0 %, (1\1) % k
(iii) Z
3
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(b) In partially destroyed lab record of an 8

analysis of correlation data, the following
results only are legible :
Variance of x = 9
Regression Equations
8x —10y + 66 = 0
40x — 18y = 214
What are :
(i) The mean values of x and y
(ii) The correlation coefficient between

x and y.
(iii) The standard deviation of y ?
(c) A bag contains 6 white and 9 black balls 4

.Four balls are drawn at a time. Find the
probability for the first draw to give 4 white
and the second to give 4 black balls in each
of the following cases :
(i) The balls are replaced before the

second draw.
(ii) The balls are not replaced before the

second draw.
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5. (a) Solve the initial value problem to compute 10

approximation for y(0.1), y(0.2) using
Euler's material with h = 0.1
dy
_ 2y = 3e-4t , y(0) = 1
dt +
Compare with exact solution
5e-2t - 3e-4t
y(t) —
2
1 A
r x
u
(b) Evaluate the integral J x using 10
(i) Composite trapezoidal rule

(ii) Composite simpson's rule with 2, 4
and 8 equal subintervals.
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MCA (Revised)
C40
December, 2013

COMPUTING

from the rest. use of calculator is allowed.
1. (a) Verify the distributive property of floating 5+3

point numbers i.e. prove :
a(b-c) # ab-ac a=.5555E1, b=.4545E1,
c=.4535E1
Define : Truncation error, Absolute Error
and Relative Error.
(b) Find the real root of the equation x=e-x using 4+4
Newton-Raphson Method. List the cases
where Newton's Method fail.
(c) Solve by Gauss-Seidel Method 8
2x1 — x2 + x3 = —1
X1 4- 2X2 - X3 = 6
— X2 ± 2X3 = - 3
Correct to 3 decimal places.
(d) Let f(x)= ln(1 +x), x0=1 and x1=1.1 use 8
linear interpolation to calculate an
approximate value of f(1.04) and obtain a
bound on the truncation error.
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(e) Conside initial value problem 8

dy
— = x + y; y(0) = 1
dx
Find y(0.2) using Runge-Kutta Method of
fourth order. Also compare it with exact
solution y=-(1+x)+2ex to find the error.
2. (a) Find the interval in which the smallest 8

positive root of the following equation lies
using Bisection Method x3 – x –4 =0.
(b) Solve the following linear system of 8
equations using Gauss Elimination method.
x1+ x2 + x3 = 3
4x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 8
9x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 7
(c) Give properties of polynomial equations. 4
3. (a) The table below gives the values of tanx for 8

0.1(Xx0.30
X 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30
y= tan x 0.1003 0.1511 0.2027 0.2553 0.3093
Find (i) tan0.12 (ii) tan0.26
(b) Evaluate 8
1 1
= x dx, correct to three decimal
0
places. Using
(i) T rapezoidal and
(ii) Simpson's rule with h = 0.5 and
h = .25
(c) Determine the value of y when x = 0.1 given 4
that y(0) =1 and y1 = x2+ y
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4. (a) A problem in statistics is given to the three 6

students A, B and C whose chances of
13 1
1 and-i- respectively. What
2 ,76-
solving it are —
is the probability that the problem will be
solved.
(b) Calculate the correlation coefficiant for the 8
following heights (in inches) of fathers (x)
and their sons (y) :
x : 65 66 67 67 68 69 70
y: 67 68 65 68 72 72 69
(c) Three identical bags have the following 6
proportion of balls .
First bag : 2 black 1 white
Second bag: 1 black 2 white
Third bag : 2 black 2 white
One of the bag is selected and one ball is
drawn. It turns out to be white. What is the
probability of drawing a white ball again.
The first one not been returned ?
6
5. (a) Evaluate f [2 + sin(2,c)] dx using 10
Simpsons rule with 11 points.

(b) Estimate the sale of a particular quantity for 10
1966 using the following table
Year : 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981
Sale in
12 15 20 27 39 52
thousands :
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COMPUTING

questions from the rest. Use of calculators is allowed.
1. (a) Determine the root of the equation 5

2x = cos x + 3 correct to three decimal places.
(b) Solve the following system of equations by 5
using Gauss Elimination method.
2x+ y+ z =10
3x + 2y + 3z = 18
x + 4y + 9z = 16
(c) Using Lagrange interpolation, determine the 5

value of log10 301, from the tabulated data
given below :
X 300 304 305 307

logio X 2.4771 2.4829 2.4843 2.4871
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(d) Ten coins are thrown simultaneously, Find 5

the probability of getting at least seven
heads.
(e) What do you mean by "Goodness to 5
fit test" ? What for the said test is
required ?
(f) Calculate the value of the integral 5
52
J log xd x by using Simpsons 3/8 rule
4
(g) Find the probability that an individual's 5
IQ score is between 91 and 121. Provided,
the individuals IQ score has a Normal
distribution N (100, 152).
(h) Write short note on following : 5
(i) Non Linear Regression
(ii) Acceptance Rejection Method
2. (a) Determine the value of expression 5

X = -fi- + ,/- + -\/ ;
accurate up to 4 significant digits, also find
the absolute and relative errors.
(b) Determine the value of Y using Euler's 5
method, when X ---- 0.1 Given Y(0) =1 and
Y'=X2 +Y.
(c) Find the value of A tan -1 x, where A is the 3
difference operator, with differencing step
size 'h'.
(d) Solve the following system of equations by 7
using LU Decomposition method.
x+y=2 ; 2x+3y=5
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3. (a) Solve the initial value problem given below, 10

By using Runge - Kutta Method.
dy
= y — x with y(0) = 2 and h= 0.1
dx
also find y(0.1) and y(0.2) correct to four
decimal places.
(b) Determine the Goodness to fit parameter 'R' 10
for the data given below.
X 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Y 45 51 54 61 66 70 74 78 85 89
Analyse the results and comment on

whether the predicted line fits well into the
data or not.
4. (a) Develop the difference table for the data 10

given below and use it to find the first and
tenth term for the given data.
X 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Y 2.7 6.4 12.5 21.6 34.3 51.2 72.9
(b) Find the smallest root of the equation 10
f(x) = x 3 — 6x 2 + 11x — 6 = 0 by using
Newton - Raphson method. Give two
drawbacks of Newton - Raphson method.
5. (a) In a partially destroyed laboratory record 10

of an analysis of correlation data, the
following data are only legible :
(i) Variance of X = 9
(ii) Regression equation :
8X — 10Y + 66 = 0
40X — 18Y = 214
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Using this legible data determine the

following :
(i) Mean value of X and Y
(ii) Correlation coefficient between
X and Y
(iii) Standard Deviation of Y
(b) Evaluate the integral I — by using 5
composite Trapezoidal rule with 2 and 4 sub

intervals.
(c) Find the approximate value of the root of 5
the equation x3 + x —1=0, near x =1. Using
Regula-Falsi method, twice.
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MCA (Revised)
1654 December, 2014

COMPUTING

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any
three questions from the rest. Use of calculator is
allowed.
1. (a) Find the value of 'e', correct to 3 decimal

1
places. e = 1 + — 1 +— 1
+— + 5
2! 3! 4!
(b) If 0.333 is the approximate value of 1
–3 , find
absolute, relative and percentage error.
Explain how these errors measure
accuracy. 5
(c) If a bank receives on an average six bad
cheques per day, then what is the
probability that it will receive four bad
cheques on any given day ? 5
(d) Use the Newton-Raphson method to find a
root of the equation x3 – 2x – 5 = 0. 5
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(e) Find the value of sin(n/6) by using

Lagrange's interpolation, the related data
is given below : 5
x :0 Tr/4 It/2
y = sin(x) 0 0.70711 1.0
f) Find the roots of the equation
e x— 5x + 2, by using Secant
f(x) = 2
method. 5
(g) The tangent of the angle between the
lines of regression y on x and x on y is 0.6
1
and a x= — ay.Find rxy• 5
(h) Evaluate dx
using Composite Trapezoidal rule with

n = 2 and 4. 5
2. (a) Show that the moment generating function
of a random variable X which is chi-square
M(t) = (1 — v/2 10
(b) An irregular six faced die is thrown and
the expectation that in 10 throws it will
give five even numbers is twice the
expectation that it will give four even
numbers. How many times in 10,000 sets
of 10 throws would you expect it to give no
even number ?
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(c) Write short notes on the following : 4

(i) Acceptance-Rejection method
(ii) Non-Linear Regression
3. (a) Solve by Jacobi's method, the following

system of linear equations : 7
2x1 — x2 + x3 = — 1
x1 + 2x2 — x3 = 6
X1 — X2 + 2X3 = — 3
n/2
0
f
(b) Evaluate the integral I = sin x dx using
Gauss-Legendre formula. Compare the

results with exact solution obtained by
Simpson rule. The exact value of I = 1. 10
(c) What are the pitfalls of Gauss-Elimination
method ? 3
4. (a) Write short notes on the following
Probability Distributions : 6
(i) Binomial Distribution
(ii) Poisson Distribution
(iii) Normal Distribution
(b) A polynomial passes through the following
set of points :
x 1 2 3 4
y —1 —1 1 5
Find the polynomial, using Newton's
forward interpolation. 6
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(c) Prove that x(y — z) # xy — xz, where

x = 0.5555 El, y = 0.4545 El and
z = 0.4535 El.
(d) Solve the quadratic equation
x2 + 9.9x — 1 = 0, using two decimal digit
arithmetic with rounding.
5. (a) Consider the following data and perform
the "Goodness of fit test" over it :
x 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190
y 45 51 54 61 66 70 74 78 85 89
Now comment, whether the data is fitted
well or not. 6
(b) Use Runge-Kutta method to solve the

initial value problem y' = (t — y)/2 on
[0, 0.2] with y(0) = 1. Compare the solution
with h= 0.2 and h = 0.1. 8
1
(c) is
Evaluate the integral I = dx by using
1+x
0
Simpson's 1 rule with h = 0.25 (or
3
5 points, viz. 0.0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00). 6
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three questions from the rest. Use of calculators is
allowed.
1. (a) Show that a(b — c) ab — ac, where

a = 0.5555 x 10 1 , b = 0.4545 x 10 1 and
c = 0.4535 x 10 1 .
Use 4-digit precision floating point and
significant digit rounded off. 4
(b) Solve the following linear system of

equations using Gauss Elimination method
with partial pivoting : 6
x1 + x2 + x3 = 3
4x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 11
9x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 16
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(c) Estimate the missing term in the following

data using forward differences : 6
x: 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) : 3 7 21 31
4
(d) Evaluate the integral f X 2 dx
using Simpson's 1/3 rule with h = 0.5. 4
(e) A filling machine is set to pour 952 ml of oil

into bottles. The amount to fill is normally
distributed with a mean of 952 ml and a
standard deviation of 4 ml. Use the
standard normal table to find the
probability that the bottle contains oil
between 952 and 956 ml. 4
(f) What is the utility of residual plots ? What

is the disadvantage of residual plots ? 4
(g) If it = 314159265, then find out to how

many decimal places the approximate
value of 22/ 7 is accurate.
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(h) Three bags of same type have the following

balls :
Bag 1 : 2 black 1 white
One of the bags is selected and one ball is
drawn. It turns out to be white. What is
the probability of drawing a white ball
again, the first one not having been
returned ?
(i) Define Poisson Distribution. 2
2. (a) Find the smallest positive root of the

quadratic equation
x2 — 8x + 15 = 0,
using Newton-Raphson method.
(b) Find the Lagrange interpolating

polynomial of degree 2 approximating the
function y = in x. Hence determine the
value of In 2.7. Also find the error.
x 2 2.5 3.0
y = in x 0-69315 0.91629 1.09861
(c) What are the sources of errors in numerical

data and processing ? How does error
measure accuracy ? 4
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3. (a) Evaluate the integral I = dx

1+x
0
using Gauss-Legendre three-point formula.
(b) Solve the initial value problem u' = — 2t u 2

withu(0)=1and.2otheirvl
[0, 1]. Use the fourth order classical
Runge-Kutta method.
(c) Evaluate
6
f
1
{ 2 + sin (2120 dx
using Composite Simpson's rule with

5 points.
4. (a) Calculate the correlation coefficient for the
following heights (in inches) of fathers (X)
and their sons (Y) :
X: 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Y: 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
Obtain the equations of lines of regression.
Also estimate the value of X for Y = 70. 10
(b) A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that
5% of his product is defective. If he sells
cotter pins in boxes of 100 and guarantees
that not more than 10 pins will be
defective, what is the approximate
probability that a box will fail to meet the
guaranteed quality ? 10
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5. (a) What do you mean by pseudo-random

number generation ? What is the practical
advantage of the concept of random
number generation ?
(b) For the data given in the table, compute R
and R2, where R denotes S xy xx yy . 10
Sample
12 21 15 1 24
No (i)
Xi 0.96 1.28 1.65 1.84 2.35
Y1 138 160 178 190 210
9i 138
A
e .1 0
Note : 9 i = 90 + 50 Xi and e i = Yi - 9 i ,
A A
for calculating y and e .
(c) If a bank receives on an average X = 6 bad

cheques per day, what is the probability
given day, where A, denotes the average
arrival rate per day ?
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three questions from the rest. Use of non-scientific
calculator is allowed.
1. (a) Solve the quadratic equation

4x2 + 8x — 21 = 0 using two decimal digit
arithmetic with rounding, using any one of
the following methods :
(i) Regula-Falsi
(ii) Secant
(iii) Bisection 6
(b) Round off the number 4.5126 to 4

significant figures and find the relative
percentage error. 4
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(c) Obtain the positive root of the equation

x2 - 1 = 0 by Newton-Raphson method,
correct to two decimal places. 8
(d) Explain the two pitfalls in the Gauss

Elimination Method. 4
(e) Solve the following system of linear

equations using LU decomposition
method : 6
6x1 — 2x2 = 14
9x1 — x2 + x3 = 21
3x1 + 7x2 + 5x3 = 9.
(f) What is the lowest degree polynomial

which satisfies the following set of values,
using forward difference polynomial ? Also
find the polynomial. 6
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f(x) 0 7 26 63 124 215 342 511
(g) Calculate the value of the integral
1.
5.2
. log x dx by Trapezoidal Rule.
4
Assume h = 0.2.
Compare the numerical solution with the
exact solution.
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2. (a) What do you mean by the terms "Accuracy"

and "Precision" ? How are they related to
significant digits ? 4
(b) Show that the equation x 3 — 6x — 1 = 0 has

a root in the interval I — 1, 0[. Obtain this
root using Successive Iteration or Bisection
method. 8
(c) Find the Lagrange interpolating

polynomial of degree 2 approximating the
function y = in x defined by the following
values mentioned in the table. Hence
determine the value of In 2-7. 8
x 2 2-5 3-0
y = In x 0.69315 0.91629 1.09861
3. (a) Solve the initial value problem

u' = — 2tu 2 , with u(0) = 1, h = 0.2 on the
interval [0, 1]. Use the fourth order
classical Runge-Kutta method.
(b) Solve the following system of equations

using Gauss elimination with partial
pivoting : 8
2x + y + z = 10
3x + 2y + 3z = 18
x + 4y + 9z = 16
(c) What is the utility of residual plots ? What

is the disadvantage of residual plots ? 4
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4. (a) If a bank receives on an average X = 6 bad

given day, where X denotes the average
arrival rate per day ?
(b) A hosiery mill wants to estimate how its
monthly costs are related to its monthly
output rate. For that the firm collects data
regarding its cost and output for a sample
of nine months as given by the following
table :
Output Production Cost

(tons) (thousands of dollars)
1 2
2 3
4 4
8 7
6 6
5 5
8 8
9 8
7 6
(i) Draw the scatter diagram for the data.

(ii) Find the regression equation when
the monthly output is the dependent
variable (x) and monthly cost is the
independent variable (y).
(iii) Use this regression line to predict the
firm's monthly cost if they decide to
produce 4 tons per month. 12
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(c) An individual's IQ score has a N(100, 152)

distribution. Find the probability that an
individual's IQ score is between 91 and
121.
n/2
5. (a) Evaluate the integral I = i sin x dx using
0'
two-point Gauss-Legendre formulae.
Compare with the exact solution and the
exact value is I = 1. 8
(b) The following values of the function fXx) for

the values of x are
ft1) = 4, f(2) = 5, f(7) = 5 and fK 8) = 4.
Find the value of f16) and also the value of
x in the interval [1, 8] for which f(x) is
maximum or minimum. 8
(c) Round off the number 4.5126 to four

significant figures and find the relative
percentage error. 4
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Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three

questions from the rest. Use of calculator is
allowed.
2.
1. (a) If x= — approximated as 3.14, find the
7
absolute error, relative error and relative
percentage error. 3
(b) Solve the following system of equations by

Jacobi iteration method :
8x - 3y + 2z = 20
4x + 1 ly - z = 33
6x + 3y + 12z = 35
(Perform three iterations)
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(c) Find the real root of the equation x = e-x,

using Newton-Raphson method. List the
cases where Newton's method fails. 4+2
(d) Determine the polynomial in x that best

fits as approximation of y by using
Lagrange's interpolation, from the
following data : 6
x 0 1 3 5 6 9
Y = gx) -18 0 0 -248 0 13104
(e) Find the value of log10 x dx, taking 8
sub-intervals, correct to four decimal

places, by Trapezoidal rule. 6
(f) In the table below the values of y are

consecutive terms of a series of which the
number 21.6 is the 6th term. Find the first
and the tenth term of the series. 8
x 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Y 2.7 6.4 12.5 21.6 34.3 51.2 72.9
4
(g) Evaluate the integral is x2dx using
1
Weddle's rule with h = 0.5. 5
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2. (a) Find Newton's Backward Difference from

the interpolating polynomial for the
following data :
x 4 6 8 10
f(x) 19 40 79 142
Hence using the polynomial interpolate
f(9). 6
1
Evaluate dx
(b) using
1+x
0
(i) Composite Trapezoidal rule,
(ii) Composite Simpson rule with 2 and 4
subintervals. 8
(c) The table below gives the value of tan x for
0.10 x 0.30 :
x 0-10 0-15 0.20 0.25 0.30

y = tan x 0.1003 0.1511 0.2027 0.2553 0.3093
Find (i) tan 0.12, and (ii) tan 0-26. 6
3. (a) A problem in statistics is given to the three

students A, B and C, whose chances of
3 1
solving it are 2— — and — respectively.
1,4 4
What is the probability that the problem
will be solved ? 6
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(b) A farmer buys a quantity of cabbage seeds

from a company that claims that
approximately 90% of the seeds will
germinate, if planted properly. If four seeds
are planted, what is the probability that
exactly two will germinate ?
(c) Calculate the correlation coefficient for the
following heights (in inches) of fathers (x)
and their sons (y) : 8
x: 65 66 67 67 68 69 70
y: 67 68 65 68 72 72 69
4. (a) 1000 light bulbs with mean life of 120 days

are installed in a new factory and their
length of life is normally distributed with
the standard deviation of 20 days.
(i) How many bulbs will expire in less
than 90 days ?
(ii) If it is decided to replace all the bulbs
together, what interval should be
allowed between replacements, if not
more than 10% should expire before
replacement ? 8
(b) In a partially destroyed laboratory, the
record of an analysis of correlation data,
the following results are legible :
Variance of X = 9
Regression equations :
8X - 10Y + 66 = 0
40X - 18Y - 214 = 0
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Find : 12
(i) The mean values of X and Y
(ii) The correlation coefficient between
X and Y
(iii) Standard deviation of Y
5. ven —
(a)Given y = y - x, where y(0) = 2.
dx
Find y(0.1) and y(0.2), correct to four
decimal places, using Runge-Kutta Second
Order method. 8
(b) Write the pitfalls in the Gauss elimination

method. 2
(c) Solve the initial value problem to compute

approximation for y(0.1) and y(0.2), using
Euler's method with h = 0.1,
dy = 3e-4t, y(0) =1. Compare with
dt 2y
5e-2t 3e-4t
exact solution y(t) - 10
2
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allowed.
1. (a) Let a = 0.345 x 10 0, b = 0.245 x 10-3 and

c = 0.432 x 10-3 . Using 3-digit decimal
arithmetic with rounding, prove that
(a + b) c a + (b + c). 3
(b) Obtain the positive root of the equation

x 2 - 1 = 0 by Regula-Falsi method, correct
up to 2 decimal places.
(c) Solve the following linear system of
equations using Gauss Elimination
method :
x1 + x2 + x3 = 3
4x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 8
9x 1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 7
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(d) From the following data, estimate the

value of f(2.25) using Backward Difference
Formula : 6
X: 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
f(x) : 1.0 3.625 7.0 11.875 19 29125
(e) Calculate the value of the integral

5.2
f log x dx using
4
(i) Trapezoidal rule,

1
(ii) Simpson's — rule.
3
Assume h = 0.2. Compare the numerical

solutions with the exact solution. 2x4+2=10
(0 Explain the concept of Exponential

Random Variable with a suitable example. 5
(g) Find a polynomial of degree 2 with the

properties P(1) = 5, P(1.5) = — 3, P(3) = 0. 4
2. (a) Given the following system of linear

equations, determine the value of each
variable using LU decomposition method : 8
6x 1 — 2x2 = 14
9x 1 — x2 + x3 = 21
3x 1 + 7x 2 + 5x 3 = 9
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(b) Evaluate [2 + sin (2 ,./i )] dx using

J
1
Simpson's rule with 11 points. 8
(c) If a bank receives on an average X = 6 bad

that it receives 4 bad cheques on any given
day ? 4
2
f 2x dx
3. (a) Evaluate the integral I = using
1 + x4
1
the Gauss-Legendre 1-point, and 2-point
quadrature rules. Compare with the exact
solution.
(b) Calculate the correlation coefficient for the

following heights (in inches) of fathers (X)
and their sons (Y) :
X: 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
Y: 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
(c) A box contains 6 red, 4 white and 5 black

balls. A person draws 4 balls from the box
at random. Find the probability that
among the balls drawn there is at least one
ball of each colour.
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u' = – 2t u2 with u(0) = 1 and h = 0.2
on the interval [0, 11. Use the fourth order

classical Runge-Kutta method. 10
(b) Estimate the missing term in the following

data which represents a polynomial of
degree 3 : 4
x: 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) : 3 7 ? 21 31
6
(x2
(c) Evaluate the integral + x + 2) dx
0
using Trapezoidal rule, with h = FO. 6
5. (a) Three groups of children contain

respectively 3 girls and 1 boy, 2 girls and
2 boys, and 1 girl and 3 boys. One child is
selected at random from each group. Show
that the chance that the three selected
13
children consist of 1 girl and 2 boys is — . 6
32
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(b) Find the most likely price in Bombay

corresponding to the price of 70 at
Kolkata from the following data :
Kolkata Bombay
Average Price 65 67
Standard Deviation 2.5 3.5
Correlation coefficient between the prices

of commodities in the two cities is 0-8. 6
(c) Fit a straight line to the following data

with x as the independent variable :
x 0 1 2 3 4
Y 1.0 1.8 3.3 4.5 6.3
Hence find the difference between the

actual value of y and the value of y
obtained from the fitted curve when x = 3. 8
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allowed.
1. (a) Evaluate the relative error of the function

f = xy2z3 , if x = 37.1, y = 9.87, z = 6.052 and
Ax = 0.3, Ay = 0.11, Az = 0-016.
(b) Use the Newton-Raphson method to find

the root of the equation x 3 — 2x — 5 = 0.
(c) Using the data sin (0.1) = 0.09983 and

sin (0.2) = 0.19867, find the value of
sin (015) by Lagrange interpolation.
Obtain the truncation error also.
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(d) A taxi hire firm has two taxies which it
hires out day by day. The number of

demands for a car on each day is
distributed as Poisson variate with mean
1.5. Calculate the proportion of the day on
which
(i) neither taxi is used, and
(ii) some demand is refused.
(e) Determine the constants a and b by the
method of Least Squares such that y = ae bx

fitsheolwngda:
2 4-077
4 11.084
6 30.128
8 81.897
10 222.62
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(0 Find the root of the equation xe x = cos x

using the- Secant method, correct to four
decimal places. Do three iterations.
(g) Evaluate using composite
Trapezoidal rule with n = 2 and 4. 5
dy = y – x with y(0) = 2 and h = 0.1

—
dx
using fourth order classical Runge-Kutta

method. Find y(0.1) and y(0.2), correct to
four decimal places. 10
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(b) An automobile engineer is investigating

the effect of engine temperature on engine
oil consumption. The study results show
the following data :
Temp (°C) Consumption (%)
100 45
110 51
120 54
130 61
140 66
150 70
160 74
170 78
180 85
190 89
Determine the Goodness to fit

parameter (R) and comment on whether the
predicted lines fit well into the data or not. 10
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. (a) Find the cubic polynomial using Newton's
forward interpolation formula, which takes
the following values : 7
f(X)
0 1
1 2
2 1
3 10
0.6
1 ei 2
(b) Use Simpson's 3- rule to find e- dx
by taking seven ordinates.
(c) Solve the following differential equation by
Euler's method :
dy y - x
—= , given y(0) = 1.
dx y + x
Find y approximately for x = 0.1 in five
steps.
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4. (a) Solve the following system of equations

using Gauss-Elimination method with
partial pivoting :
x1 + x2 + x3 = 6
3x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 20
2x1 + x2 + 3x3 = 13
(b) Find an approximate root of the equation

sin x = 1 ; x E [1, 1.51 (x is measured in
radians). Carry out computations up to 3rd

stage, using Bisection method. 6
(c) Form a backward difference table for

y = log x and determine the value of V3 y 40
from the table. The initial data to be used

for generating the backward difference
table is as follows :
X Y
10 1-0000
20 1-3010
30 1.4771
40 1.6021
50 1.6990
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5. (a) An irregular six-faced die is thrown and the

expectation that in 10 throws it will give five
even numbers is twice the expectation that it
will give four even numbers. How many
times in 10000 sets of 10 throws would you
expect it to give no even number ?
(b) Apply Gauss-Seidel iteration method to

solve the following system of equations :
20x + y — 2z = 17
3x + 20y — z = — 18
2x — 3y + 20z = 25
Perform three iterations. 7
(c) A real root of the equation

f(x) = x3 — 5x + 1 = 0 lies in the interval
(0, 1). Perform three iterations using
Regula-Falsi method to obtain this root.
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allowed.
1. (a) Evaluate the sum S = Nri + ,I6 + ,fd to 4

significant digits and find its absolute and
relative errors. 5
(b) Use Lagrange's Interpolation formula to

find the value of sin (n/6) given by y = sin x. 5
x 0 7E/4 ir/2
y = sin x 0 0.70711 1.0
(c) Determine the value of y when x =

Given that y(0) = 1 and y' = x2 + y. Use
Euler's method. 5
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(d) What are the pitfalls of Gauss Elimination

method ? 5
A2
(e) Evaluate — (x 3 ) .
(f) An individual's IQ score has a Normal

distribution N(100, 152). Find the
probability that the individual's IQ score is
between 91 and 121. 5
(g) Use Regula-Falsi method to find the roots
of the equation f(x) = x 3 + x – 1. 5
(h) Calculate the value of the integral

5.2
i
4
log x cbc by using
(i) Simpson's 1/3 rule,
(ii) Simpson's 3/8 rule. 5
2. (a) Using the data given below, perform the

following tasks : 10
Subject A Subject B
Mean Marks 36 85
Standard
11 8
Deviation
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Coefficient of correlation between A and

B = ±0.66.
regression.
corresponding to 75 marks obtained
in B.
(b) Using the Runge-Kutta method, find y(0.2)

for the equation dy
dx =
y
x • y(0) = 1.
y+x
Take h = 0.2. 10
3. (a) Solve the following system of equations by

using the Gauss Elimination method : 6
x + 2y + z = 3
2x + 3y + 3z = 10
3x y + 2z = 13

using the LU decomposition method : 6
x + y = 2; 2x + 3y = 5
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(c) Use the Jacobi method to solve the
following system of equations : 8
3x + 4y + 15z = 54.8
x + 12y + 3z = 39.66
10x + y — 2z = 7.74
4. (a) A thesis contains 100 misprints distributed

randomly throughout its 100 pages. What
is the probability that a page observed at
random contains at least two misprints ? 5
(b) The tangent of the angle between the lines

1
a=— 2 ay . . Find r
(c) A polynomial passes through the points

(1, — 1), (2, — 1), (3, 1) and (4, 5). Find the
polynomial using Newton's forward
interpolation.
(d) Find an approximate value of the root of

the equation x3 + x — 1 = 0, near x = 1,
using the Bisection method twice.
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5. (a) Discuss the formulas for the following : 6

(i) Binomial distribution
(ii) Poisson distribution
(iii) Normal distribution
(b) If a bank receives on an average A = 6 bad

given day ? 6
(c) Given the values
x f(x)
5 150
7 392
11 1452
13 2366
17 5202
Evaluate f(9) using

(i) Lagrange's formula, and
(ii) Newton's divided difference formula.
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allowed.
1. (a) Define relative and percentage error. Find

the relative and percentage error when the
value of it = L2 is approximated to 3.14. 4
7
(b) Find the value of 'e', correct to 3 decimal

places. 4
1 1 1
e= 1+ —+ —+ — +
2! 3! 4!
(c) Use the Newton-Raphson method to find

the root of the equation x3 - 2x – 5 = 0.
Perform two iterations. Use initial
approximation xo = 2. 4
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(d) Solve the following system of linear

equations using the Gauss Elimination
method : 6
x1 + x2 + x3 = 3
4x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 8
9x1 + 3x2 + 4x3 = 7
(e) Obtain the forward difference interpolating

polynomial from the following set of nodes : 6
x f(x)
0 0
1
2 26
3 63
4 124
5 215
6 342
7 511
1
dx
(0 Evaluate the integral if using
1+x
0
1
Simpson's 8—3 th rule with h = — .
3
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(g) A-farmer buys a quantity of cabbage seeds

from a company that claims that
approximately 90% of the seeds will
germinate if planted properly. If four seeds
are planted, what is the probability that
'exactly two will germinate ? 6
(h) The tangent of the angle between the lines
of regression of y on x and x on y is 0.6 and
1
a = - aY. Find a xr
2 Y.
2. (a) Solve the following system of equations by
using LU Decomposition method :
x+y= 2
2x + 3y = 5
(b) Find the Lagrange interpolating
polynomial that fits the following data : 7
x 0 1 2 5
f(x) 2 3 12 147
(c) Calculate the value of the integral

5.2
f
4
log x dx using Weddle's rule.
3. (a) Show that the moment generating function

of a random variable X which is chi-square
M(t) = (1- 20- v/2. 5
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(b) In a partially destroyed laboratory record

of an analysis of correlation data, the
following results are legible :
Variance of X = 9
Regression equations
8x - lOy + 66 = 0
40x - 18y - 214 = 0
Find
(i) the mean values of x and y,
(ii) the correlation coefficient between x
and y, and
(iii) the standard deviation of y. 12
(c) What is the utility of residual plots ? Also

give one disadvantage of residual plots. 3
4. (a) Apply the fourth order Runge-Kutta

method to the following differential
equation :
dy _ 2xy2
dx -
y(0) =1
Obtain y(0.2), taking h = 0-2. 6
(b) Find the probability that an individual's
IQ score is between 91 and 121.
Provided : the individual IQ score has
normal distribution with mean 100 and
variance 225. 6
MCSE-004 4
(c) Write short notes on any two of the

following : 4+4=8
(i) Goodness of Fit
(ii) Newton-Cotes Formula
(iii) Non-linear Regression
5. (a) Solve by Jacobi's method, the following

system of linear equations : 7
2x1 – x2 + x3 = – 1
x1 + 2x2 – x3 = 6
x1 - x2 + 2x3 = - 3
(b) Suppose that the amount of time one

spends in a bank to withdraw cash from an
evening counter is exponentially
distributed with mean 10 minutes, that is,
1
X = — . What is the probability that the
10
customer will spend more than 15 minutes
at the counter ?
(c) What do you mean by pseudo-random
number generation ? What is the practical
advantage of the concept of random
number generation ?
MCSE-004 6,000
MCA (Revised)
December, 2018

COMPUTING

allowed.
1. (a) Describe the term 'Error'. How are errors

generated in the calculation performed by
computers ?
(b) Show that a(b — c) ab — ac,
where a = 0.555 x 10', b = 0.4545 x 10'
and c = 0.4535 x 10'.
Use 4-digit precision floating point and
significant digit rounding off. 5
(c) Obtain the positive root of the equation
x2 - 1 = 0 by Regula Falsi method. 6
(d) Use Gauss elimination to solve

10x1 — 7x2 = 7
— 3x1 + 2.099x2 + 6x3 = 3.901
63E1 — x2 + 63E3 = 6. 6
MCSE-004 1 P.T.O.
(e) Given f(x) = sin x, f(0.1) = 0.09983 and

fi0.2) = 0.19867, use the method of linear
interpolation to find fi0-16). 6
(f) Evaluate the integral

6
f
0
(x 2 +x+ 2)dx
using Trapezoidal rule, with h = FO. 6
(g) In turning out certain toys in the

manufacturing process in a factory, the
average number of defectives is 10%. What
is the probability of getting exactly
3 defectives in a sample of 10 toys chosen
at random, by using Poisson
approximation ? (Take e = 2-72). 6
2. (a) The population of a town in the census was

as given below. Estimate the population for
the year 1895. 8
Year : x Population : y
(in thousands)
1891 46
1901 66
1911 81
1921 93
1931 101
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(b) Solve the equations

2x + 3y + z = 9
x+ 2y+ 3z= 6
3x + y + 2z = 8
by LU decomposition method.
(c) Write two pitfalls of Gauss elimination
method.
3. (a) Write short notes on any four of the

following : 4x2=8
(i) Discrete Random Variable
(ii) Continuous Random Variable
(iii) Binomial Distribution
(iv) Poisson Distribution
(v) CM-square Distribution
(b) From the following results, obtain the two
regression equations and estimate the yield
of crops when the rainfall is 22 cm and the
rainfall when the yield is 600 kg :
y (yield in kg) x (rainfall in cm)
Mean 508.4 26.7
S.D. 36.8 4.6
Coefficient of correlation between yield and
rainfall = 0-52. 8
(c) Write short note on Acceptance Rejection
method of random number generation. 4
MCSE-004 3 P.T.O.
4. (a) Use Runge-Kutta method to solve the IVP,

y' = (t — y)/2 on [0, 0, 2] with y(0) = 1.
Compare the solutions when h = 0.2 and
0.1 respectively.
(b) Evaluate the integral
using Gauss-Legendre three-point formula. 8
(c) Calculate the value of the integral

5-2
log x dx
4
by Weddle's rule.
5. (a) The length of metallic strips produced by a

machine has mean 100 cm and variance
2.25 cm. Only strips with weight between
98 cm and 103 cm are acceptable. What
proportion of strips will be acceptable ? You
may assume that the length of a strip has a
normal distribution.
MCSE-004 4
(b) Fit a straight line to the following data

regarding x as the independent variable,
using least square approximation.
x 0 ' 1 2 3 4
y FO 1.8 3.3 . 4.5 6.3
Hence, find the difference between the

actual value of y and the value of y
obtained from the fitted curve when x = 3. 8
(c) Estimate the missing term in the following

data using forward difference : 6
1 2 3 4
fix) 3 7 ? 21 31
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No. of Printed Pages : 5 MCSE-004 I

MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination, 2019 0
MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND
STATISTICAL COMPUTING
Time : 3 Hours] Maximum Marks : 100

1. (a) Find the roots of the equation cos x — 2x + 3 = 0 ,

correct to three decimal places. [5]
(b) Solve the following system of equations by using

Gauss-Elimination method : [5]
2x1 + x2 + x3 = 10
+ 2x2 + 3x3 = 18
x t + 4x 2 + 9x = 16
(c) Determine the value of log 10 301, by using

lagrange interpolation on the tabulated data given
below : [5]
MCSE-004 ( 1 ) [P.T.O.]
X 300 304 305 307

log, oX 2.4771 2.4829 2.4843 2.4871
(d) What is the probability of getting at least seven

heads, when ten coins are thrown
simultaneously "? [5]
(e) What is "Goodness to fit test" ? Briefly discuss

the utility of "Goodness to fit test". [5]
5.2
(f) Evaluate flog ydy by using Sinnpsons 3/8 rule.

4
[5]
(g). Given, the IQ score of individuals, has Normal

distribution N(100, 152 ). Determine the probability
that an individual's IQ score is between 91 and
121. [5]
(h) Briefly discuss the following : [5]
(i) Non Linear Regression
(ii) Acceptance Rejection method
2. (a) Use Newton-Raphson method to find a root of

the equation x3-2x-5=0 [5]
MCSE-004 (2)
(b) The tangent of the angle between the lines of

1
regression y on x and x on y is 0.6, and a., = .
Find r.y . [10]
dx
(c) Evaluate $1+x using Composite' Trapezoidal
(.1
rule with n=2 and 4. [5]
(d) A polynomial passes through the following set of

points : [5]
1 2 4
Find the polynomial using Newton's Forward

Interpolation.
3. (a) Solve the following system of linear equation by

Jacobi's Method : [7]
2x - y + z = -1
x + 2y - z = 6
x- y + 2z = -3
MCSE-004 ( 3)
(b) What are the pitfalls of Gauss-Elimination

method ? [3]
(c) Use Runge Kutta method to solve the inital value

problem y' = (t - y) / 2 on [0, 0.2] with y(0) = 1.
Compare the solution with h = 0.2 and h = 0.1.
[10]
4. (a) Solve the following system of equations by using

LU decomposition method : [5]
x + y = 2 ; 2x + 3y = 5
(b) Find an approximate value of the root of the

equation x3 + x - 1 = 0, near x = 1. Using Regula
Falsi method, twice. [5]
(c) Determine the Goodness to fit parmeter 'R' for

the data given below : [10]
x 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190
y 45 51 54 61 66 70 74 78 85 89
Analyse the results and comment on whether the

predicted lines fits well into the data or not.
MCSE-004 (4)
5. (a) In a partially destroyed laboratory record of an

analysis of correlation data, the following data are
only legible : [10]
(i) Variance of x = 9
(ii) Regression equation :
8x - lOy + 66 = 0
40x - 18y - 214 = 0
Using the legible data given above, determine the

following :
Mean value of x and y
(ii) Correlation Coefficient between x and y
(iii) Standard deviation of y
(b) What do you mean by the term "Accuracy" and

"Precision" ? How are they related to the
significant digits 7 [5]
(c) What are residual plots ? Discuss the utility and

disadvantage of residual plots. [5]
MCSE-004 5000
58 4
MCA (Revised)
Term End Examination, 2019

-
MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

1. (a) If 0.333 is the approximate value of (1/3), find

absolute, relative and percentage error. [3]
(b) Determine the number of iterations required, to

obtain the smallest positive root of x3 - 2x -5 = 0.
correct upto two decimal places, when Bisection
method is used. [5]
(c) Solve the following system of equations using

Gauss Elimination method : [5]
x+ 2y+ z = 3
2x + 3y + 3z = 10
3x - y + 2z - 13
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( . ) 1111111111111111111111111111.111
1
(d) Write probability distribution formula for Binomial

distribution and Poisson distribution. [2]
(e) Determine the value of f(x) at x=4, using Lagrange

Interpolation formula on the data given below : [5]
x 1.5 3 6
f(x) 2.5 2 20
0.6 x
(f) I e Calcutehvof cbc , correct to five
0
significant figures; by using Simpson's (1/3) rule.

(Take n=6). [ 5]
(g) If a bank receives on an average A. = 6 bad

cheques per day. What is the probability that it
will receive 4 bad cheques on any given day? [5]
(h) Following data is given for marks in subjectA and

B of certain examination : [7]
Subject A Subject B
Mean Marks 36 85
Standard Deviation 11 8
Given, the coefficient of correlation between A and

B = + 0.66 .
MCSE-004/6000 (2)
(I) Determine the two equations of

regression.
(ii) Calculate the expected marks in A,

corresponding to 75 marks obtained in B.
(i) For x = 0.5555 El ; y =- 0.4545 El and

z = 0.4535 El , prove that x(y — z) # xy — xz
[3]
2. (a) Solve the Quadratic equation 4x 2 + 8x — 21= 0

using two decimal digit arithmetic with rounding,
using any two of the following methods : [10]
Bisection method
(ii) Secant method
(iii) Regula Falsi method
(b) Solve the initial value problem u' = —2tu 2 , with
u(0) =1, h = 0,2 on the interval [0,1]. Use the

fourth order classical Runge-Kutta method. [10]
3. (a) Obtain the positive root of the equation x 2 - 1 = 0

by Newton-Raphson method, correct to two
decimal places. [8]
MCSE-004/6000 ( 3) [P.T.O.]
(b) Solve the following system using LU

decomposition method : [7]
6x1 — 2x2 = 14
9x1 — x2 + x3 = 21
3x1 + 7x2 + 5x3 = 9
(c) Determine the lowest degree polynomial, which

satisfies the following set of values, using forward
difference. Also find the polynomial : [5]
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
f(x) 0 7 26 63 124 215 342 511
5.2
4. (a) Calculate the value of the Integral flog x dx by
4
using Simpson's (1/3) rule and Simpson's (3/8)
rule. [10]
(b) Compute the value of R and R 2 for the data given
below, where R = S I jS. r S„ . [5]
Sample Size (i) 12 21 15 1 24

x, 0.96 1.28 1.65 1.84 2.35
Y, 138 160 178 190 210
S', 138
&'2 0
MCSE-004/6000 (4)
Regression equation j) ; = 90 + 50x1 is used to

fill the table where e = y i — jii .
(c) Solve the following system of equations by using

Jacobi Method, determine the results for two
approximations : [5]
3x + 4y + 15z = 54.8
x + 12y+ 3z = 39.66
10x+ y — 2z = 7.74
5. (a) Write Short notes on the following : [6]
Binomial Distribution
(ii) Poisson Distribution ,
(b) Three bags of same type have the following

balls : [6]
Bag 1 : 2 Black and 1 White
MCSE-004/6000 ( 5 )
[P.T.O.]
One of the bag is selected and one ball is drawn.

It turns out to be white. What is the probability of
drawing a white ball again :
When the first one is returned/replaced.
(ii) When the first one is not returned/

replaced.
(c) Calculate the correlation coefficient for the

following data : [8]
x : 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72
y : 67 68 65 68 72 72 69 71
Obtain the equations of lines of regression. Also

estimate the value of x for y = 70.
• MCSE-004/6000 (6)

MASTER OF COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS (MCA) (REVISED)
June, 2020
MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND
STATISTICAL COMPUTING
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any

three questions from the rest. Use of
calculator is allowed.
1. (a) Evaluate the sum : 5
S = + ±
to four significant digits and determine
absolute and relative errors.
(b) Use Newton-Raphson method to determine
the root of the equation : 5
X3 — 2X — 5 = 0
Perform two iterations.
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[2] MCSE-004
(c) Use Lagrange's interpolation formula to
find the value of sin (-7r , given y= sin x : 5

6
x y = sin x
0 0
It
4
0.70711
It
2
1.0
(d) Evaluate the integral :

5
dx
01+x
by using trapezoidal rule with n = 2 and 4.

(e) Use Secant method to find the root of the
equation : 5
f(x) = —
e x + 5x + 2
2
Perform two iterations.

(f) A car rental firm has two cars which it
rents out day by day. The number of
demands for a car on each day is

31 MCSE-004
distributed as Poisson variate with mean
1.5. Calculate the proportion of days on
which : 5
(i) neither car is used.
(ii) some demand is refused.
(g) An irregular six-faced the is thrown
10 times and the expectation of getting five
even numbers is twice of the expectation
that it will give four even numbers. How
many times in 10000 sets of 10 throws
would you expect it to give no even
number ? 5
(h) What are the two pitfalls of Gauss-
Elimination method ? Give suitable
example for each. 5
P. T. 0.
[4] MCSE-004
2. (a) The tangent of the angle between the lines

1
ax= — a . Find rte,.
2
(b) Evaluate the integral : 8
= 12 sin x dx
Jo
using Gauss-Legendre formula. Compare

the results with exact solutions obtained
by Simpson's rule. The exact value of I = 1.
(c) Solve the system of linear equations, by
using Jacobi's method. Perform two
iterations : 7
2; — x2 + x3 = —1
xl + 2x2 — x3 = 6
xl - X2 + 2x3 = —3
3. (a) Solve the initial value problem if = —2tu2

h = 0.2 on the intervalwithu(0)=1and
[0, 1]. Use the fourth order classical Runge-
Kutta method. 10
[ 5] MCSE-004
(b) Calculate the correlation coefficient for the

following data : 10
• X Y
65 67 .
66 68
67 65
67 68
68 72
69 72
70 69
72 71
Obtain the equations of lines of regression.
Also estimate the value of X for Y = 70.
4. (a) Compute R and R 2 for the data given

below : 7
Sample
size (i) 12 21 15 1 24
zi 0.96 1.28 1.65 1.84 2.35
yi 138 160 178 190 210
138 —
ei 0
P. T. 0.
[6] MCSE-004
Regression equation j, = 90 + 50x is used

to fill the table, where e, = y —
using LU decomposition method :
x+y=2
2x + 3y = 5
(c) Write short notes on the following : 6
(i) Binomial Distribution
(ii) Poisson Distribution
5. (a) What is error ? How are errors generated
in computers ? Briefly discuss the sources
of error. 5
(b) Evaluate the integral .1": x2 dx using
Weddle's rule, with h = 0.5. 5

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(c) Write short notes on any two the

following : 10
(i) Euler's method
(ii) Explicit Runge-Kutta method
(iii) Random variables and its types
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February, 2021

COMPUTING

allowed.
1. (a) What is precision ? How does precision

differ from accuracy ? Give suitable
example in support of your answer. 5
(b) Estimate the missing term in the following

data, using forward differences : 5
x 1 2 3 4 5
f(x) 3 7 ? 21 31
(c) Evaluate the integral I =


1
x 2 dx , using
1
Simpson’s rule with h = 0·5. 5
3
MCSE-004 1 P.T.O.
(d) If a bank receives on an average  = 6 bad

given day ?  denotes the average arrival
rate per day. 5
(e) Solve the following system of linear

equations using the Gauss Elimination
method : 5
2x + y + z = 10
3x + 2y + 3z = 18
x + 4y + 9z = 16
(f) Determine the constants a and b by the

method of least squares such that y = a ebx
fits the following data : 5
x y
2 4·077
4 11·084
6 30·128
8 81·897
10 222·62
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(g) Find the Lagrange’s interpolating

polynomial of degree 2, approximating the
function y = ln x. Hence determine the
value of ln 2·7 where x = 2, 2·5, 3. 5
(h) Explain Bisection method. Apply the
method to determine the roots of the
equation. Perform 3 iterations. 5
f(x) = 0·5 ex – 5x + 2
2. (a) What is ‘‘Goodness of fit test’’ ? What is the

utility of this test ? Consider the following
data and perform ‘‘Goodness of fit test’’ over
it :
x y
100 45
110 51
120 54
130 61
140 66
150 70
160 74
170 78
180 85
190 89
Now comment, whether the data is fitted

well or not. 10
MCSE-004 3 P.T.O.
(b) Use Runge-Kutta method to solve the

initial value problem y = (t – y)/2 on
[0, 0·2] with y(0) = 1. Compare the solution

when h = 0·2 and h = 0·1. 10
3. (a) Three bags of same type have the following
balls :

Randomly one bag is selected and one ball
is drawn. It turns out to be white. What is
the probability of drawing a white ball
again provided the first ball is not returned
to the bag ? 7
(b) What are residual plots ? What is the

utility of residual plots ? 5
(c) Show that the moment generating function

of a random variable X which is Chi-square
M(t) = (1 – 2t)–v/2 8
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4. (a) Find an approximate value of the root of

the equation x3 + x – 1 = 0, near x = 1.
Using Regula-Falsi method, perform two
iterations. 6
(b) Solve the system of equations by using

Gauss-Seidel iteration method, perform
two iterations. Use (0, 0, 0) as initial
approximation. 7
8x – 3y + 2z = 20
6x + 3y + 12z = 35
4x + 11y – z = 33
(c) The following data is given for marks in

subject A and B of a certain examination :
Subject A Subject B
Mean Marks 36 85
Standard
11 8
deviation
Coefficient of correlation between A and

B =  0·66.

regression.

corresponding to 75. 7
MCSE-004 5 P.T.O.
5. (a) How does error measure accuracy ? Discuss

the different types of errors used to
determine the accuracy. 5
(b) Calculate the value of the integral

5·2
I=

4
log x dx using Weddle’s rule.
Use h = 0·6. 5
(c) Write short notes on any two of the

following : 10
(i) Chi-square distribution
(ii) Acceptance-Rejection method
(iii) Newton-Cotes formula
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No. of Printed Pages : 4 MCSE-004

MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question No.1 is compulsory. Attempt any three from

1. (a) Define Absolute Error, Relative Error and 3+5

(d) Write down the polynomial of lowest degree 8

Explain the cases where Newton's method 4

3. (a) The population of a town in the decennial 8

4. (a) Solve the initial value problem d y = 1 + y2 10

5. (a) A box contains 6 red, 4 white and 5 black 8

(b) Find the most likely price in Bombay 8

No. of Printed Pages : 3 I MCSE-004 1

MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three from

1. (a) Define Error. 2+6

Solve the quadratic equation

(b) Use Bisection Method to find a root of the 8

(c) Solve the equations : 8

(d) From the following table. Find the value of 8

(e) Evaluate the integral ( x2+x+2) dx using 8

2. (a) Find a real root of the equation 10

3. (a) Use Runge - Kutta method to solve the initial 10

Using the Gauss-Legendre formulas.

4. (a) Find the Lagrange interpolating polynomial 10

Evaluate the above integral using

No. of Printed Pages : 5 MCSE-004

MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

1. (a) If 0.333 is the approximate value of 1/3, find 3

(e) A table of x Vs. f (x) is given below. Find 5

(f) Find the value of J ez dx, taking n=6, 5

3. (a) A polynomial passes through the points 5

fill the table where eA = yi — yAi .

5. (a) Solve the following system of equations by 7

composite trapezoidal rule with 2 and 4

No. of Printed Pages : 5 MCSE-004

MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL

Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three

(e) Determine the polynomial in x, by using 6

subintervals correct to four decimal places

(g) The length of metallic strips produced by a 6

(h) What do you mean by term "Random 4

2. (a) Verify that propagated error in addition is 3

where rx and r are relative error.

3. (a) Find Newton's Backward Difference form

Hence interpolate f (9).

4. (a) 1000 light bulbs with a mean life of 120 days 8

5. (a) What do you mean by the term "Accuracy" 4

(i) Composite Trapezoidal rule

Hence find the difference between the actual

No. of Printed Pages : 5 MCSE-004

MCSE-004 : NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL

Time 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three

1. (a) Explain briefly what are the sources of 4+4

(d) Find the unique polynomial P(x) of degree 8

2. (a) Find all the roots of cosx — x2 —x = 0 to five 8

of a fair C0111. - the no. of heads

occurance of at least two heads, its length

(b) In partially destroyed lab record of an 8

40x — 18y = 214