The Copperbelt University

School of Engineering

Department of Mathematics

MA 411: Numerical Computing and Statistics

March 27, 2023

@Tutorial Worksheet I @ Academic year: 2021/22

(1). Use Newton-Rapson method to find a real root of x sin x + cos x = 0 near x = π
carrying out the iterations upto four decimal places of accuracy.

(2). Find the real root of f (x) = sin x − e−x = 0 in the interval [0, 1] upto four decimal
places.

(3). Find a real root of 3x − cos x − 1 correct to four decimal places by Newton’s Raphson
method.

(4). Find the real root of x3 − 2x − 5 = 0 by Newton-Raphson method.

(5). Find the real root of the equation x3 − 25 = 0 by Newton-Raphson method, correct
to three decimal places.

(6). Find to two decimal places the real root of the equation xex − 2 = 0.

(7). Find to two decimal places the real root of Inx − cos x = 0.

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 (8). Apply Newton-Raphson to find the root of ex − 3x = 0 wghich lies between 0 · 4 and
0 · 9.

(9). Use the method of false position to solve the equations x3 − 5x − 11 = 0, correct to
two decimal places.

(10). Find the root of the equation 2x − log x = 7 which lies between 3 · 5 and 4, correct to
five places of decimals, using method of false position.

(11). Find the real root that lies between 1 · 4 and 1 · 5 of the equation x6 − x4 − x3 − 1 = 0,
to four places of decimals, using method of false position.

(12). Find the real root of the following equations by Regular false method:

(i) x2 − x − 1 = 0 (ii) x3 − 4x − 9 = 0.

(13). Find the real root of the following equations by Iterative method, correct to two
decimal places:

(i) x3 − 5x − 11 = 0 (ii) x3 + x − 1 = 0 (iii) x3 + x2 − 1 = 0.

(14). Solve graphically the equation x − 1 = sin x.

(15). Taking the first approximation as 2, determine the root of the equation

x3 − 3 cos x + 2 ln(x + 1) = 3.5,

correct to 3-significant figures by using Newton’s Raphson method.

(16). Employ Picard’s method to obtain correct to four places of decimal the solution of
dy
the equation = x2 + y 2 for x = 0 · 1, given that y = 0 when x = 0.
dx
dy y−x
(17). Find the values of y for x = 0·1 by Picard’s method, given that = , y(0) = 1
dx y+x

dy
(18). Find the approximate value of y when x = 0 · 1, if = x − y 2 and y = 1 at x = 0,
dx
using Picard’s method.

dy
(19). Solve numerically = 2x − y, y(0) = 0 · 9 at x = 0 · 4, by Picard’s method with
dx
three iterations and compare the results with the exact value.

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 dy
(20). Using Taylor series method, compute the solution of = x + y, y(0) = 1 at the
dx
point x = 0 · 2 correct to three decimal places.

(21). Find by Taylor series method the value of y at x = 0 · 1 and x = 0 · 2 to five places
dy
of decimal from = x2 y − 1, y(0) = 1.
dx

(22). Solve y 1 = y 2 + x, y = (0) = 1 using Taylor’s series method and compute y(0 · 1) and
y(0 · 2).

dy
(23). Given = 1 + xy, y(0) = 1, obtain Taylor’s series for y(x). Compute y(0 · 1) correct
dx
to four decimal places.

(24). Using Euler’s method find an approximate value of y corresponding to x = 1, given

dy
that = x + y and y = 1 when x = 0.
dx

(25). Apply Euler’s method to solve 1 = x + y, y(0) = 0 choosing the step lenth= 0 · 2.

dy √
(26). Given that = 2 + xy and y = 1 when x = 1. Find approximate value of y at
dx
x = 2 in steps of 0 · 2, using Euler’s method.

dy y
(27). Solve by Euler’s method, the differential equation + = y 2 , given that y = 1
dx x
when x = 1. Choose the step lenth 0 · 1. Find y at x = 1 · 6.

dy y−x
(28). Given = and y(0) = 1, find approximately y for x = 0 · 1 by:
dx y+x
(a) Euler’s method (5 steps).
(b) Euler’s modified method (5 steps).

√
1+ 3
(29). Solve the following equation ut+2 − ut+1 + ut = 0, given that u0 = 1, u1 = .
2
(30). Solve the following by both Euler’s and Modified Euler’s methods, find an approxi-
dy
mate values of y when x = 0 · 3, given that = x + y and y = 1 when x = 0.
dx

dy
(31). Solve by Euler’s modified method = log(x + y), y(0) = 2, at x = 1 · 2, and x = 1 · 4
dx
with h = 0 · 2

(32). Apply Runge’s method to find an approximate value of y when x = 0 · 2, given that
dy
= x + y and y = 1 when x = 0.
dx

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 dy y−x
(33). Using Runge’s method, obtain the solution of the equation = , y(0) = 1 at
dx y+x
the points x = 0 · 1 and x = 0 · 2.

(34). Use Runge’s method, to solve numerically the differential equation y 1 = x − y, y(0) =
0 · 4 for x = 1 · 6.

(35). Apply Runge-Kutta fourth order to find an approximation value of y when x = 0 · 2

dy
given that = x + y and y = 1 when x = 0.
dx

(36). Using Runge-Kutta method of order four, compute y(0 · 2) in steps of 0 · 1, if

dy
= x + y 2 , y = 1 when x = 0.
dx

dy y−x
(37). Use Runge-Kutta method, find y(0 · 2) for the equation = , y(0) = 1 take
dx y+x
h = 0 · 2.

(38). Use Runge-Kutta method to obtain y when x = 1 · 1, given that y = 1 · 2 when x = 1

dy
and y satisfies the equation = 3x + y 2 .
dx

dy 1
(39). Use Runge-Kutta method, find y(0 · 2) given that = y, y(0) = 1, taking h = 0.
dx 2

(40). Find the positive real roots of the equation f (x) = 0 with a stopping criterion of
0 · 001 using Bisection method

f (x) = 3x + sin x − ex .

(41). Use Bisection method to find solutions accurate to within 1−2 for x2 −7x2 +14x−6 = 0
on the

(i) [0, 1] (ii) [1, 3 · 2] (iii) [3 · 2, 4].

√
(42). Use Bisection method to find x3 for f (x) = x − cos x on [0, 1].
 
π
(43). Solve e−x − sin x = 0 upto four decimal places, using the Bisection method.
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(44). Find the Bisection method, the real root of the equation 3x + cos x + 1 = 0.

(45). Find the root of the following equation using Bisetion methods to four decimals
log θ − cos θ = 0

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