Higher Technological Institute

10th of Ramadan City – 6th of October Branch

Department of Basic Sciences

Term: May / Aug. 2021 Time allowed: 60 mins.

Subject: Numerical Methods (MTH 103) Group: 1 & 91
Examiner: Dr. Mohamed A. Essawy Assessment Mark: 20 marks

Mid-Term Examination

Answer the following questions:

Question (1) [10 marks]

a. Derive the iteration formula of the secant method used for solving the equation f (x) = 0.
b. Use the fixed-point iteration method to determine a solution accurate to within for the
equation: , [4, 4.5].
c. Use Lagrange interpolation to approximate ; given the readings: (0, -1) , (1, 4) and (3, 32).
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Question (2) [10 marks]
a. Given the following data; use a suitable Newton's difference formula to approximate:
f (0.21) , f (0.63) , and f (0.94).
x 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
f (x) 0.979865 0.91771 0.808034 0.638609 0.384373

b. Obtain the fourth Taylor polynomial of the function f (x) = ln (2 x + 1) about (xo = 0); hence
approximate ln(1.2); find the actual error and the error bound for this approximation.
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Examination Committee Good Luck