UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION 2020/2021

YEAR II SEMESTER I EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF

SCIENCE IN STATISTICS AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACTURIAL SCIENCE
SPM 2321 SPA 2202 Numerical Analysis I Year II Semester I

Date: Friday, 21st May 2021 Time: 8.30am – 10.30am

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer question One (compulsory) and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE (30MKS)
a) If 𝑋 = 2.356 find the absolute error and relative error when
(i) X is rounded (2mks)
(ii) X is truncated to two decimal place (2mks)
b) Using method of Bisection solve the equation 𝑒 𝑥 − 3𝑥 = 0 correct two decimal places
(5mks)
c) Find the root of𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 1 = 0 by iteration method given that the root lies near 1.
(5mks)
d) By constructing a different table and taking the second order difference as constant, find
the sixth term of series 8,12,19,29,42,... (3mks)
e) Find the real root of the equation 𝑒𝑥 𝑥 − 2 = 0 correct to two decimal places, using
Newton`s-Raphson method. (5mks)
f) Find the Newton`s forward difference interpolating polynomial for the data below.
(5mks)
x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
y = f (x) 1.40 1.56 1.76 2.00 2.28
g) The following is a table of values of polynomial of degree5. It is given that f (3) is in error.
Correct the error. (3mks)
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Y 1 2 33 254 1054 3126 7777

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QUESTION TWO
a) Without constructing a difference table interpolate the using entries (7mks)
x 0 1 2 3 4 5
𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) 0 - 8 15 - 35
b) Using Lagrange`s interpolation formula, find the values of g corresponding to x = 10 from
the table below. (6mks)
x 5 6 9 11
y = f (x) 12 13 14 16
c) From the table below of x and y find y" and y' for x=1.05 (7mks)
x 1.00 1.05 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30
y 1.000 1.02470 1.04881 1.07238 1.09544 1.11803 1.14017
QUESTION THREE
a) Use the method of iteration to determine the real root of equation 𝑒 −𝑥 = 10𝑥 correct to
four decimal places (5mks)
b) Estimate y' (2) and y" (2) using appropriate central difference formula (5mks)
x 0 1 2 3 4
y 6.9897 7.4036 7.7815 8.1281 8.4510
c) Find the cubic polynomial in X which takes on the values -3,3,11,27,57 and 107 when
x=0,1,2,3,4 and 5 respectively. (5mks)
d) Using bisection method find the root of tan 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 0 up to two decimal places which
lies between 2 and 2.1 (5mks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) A Missile is launched from the ground stations. The acceleration during its first 80 second
of flight as recorded is given in the table below.
t(s) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
a(m/s2) 30 31.63 33.34 35.47 37.75 40.33 43.25 46.69 50.67
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Compute the velocity of missile when t=80s using Simpson`s 3 rule. (10mks)

b) The sales in a particular department store for the last five years is given in the following
table
Year 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982
Sales (in Ksh) 40 43 48 52 57
Estimate the sales for the year 1979 (10mks)

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QUESTION FIVE
a) (i) The number a and b when rounded off to 4 s.f are 37.26 and 0.05371 find the value of
𝑎⁄ and discuss the error. (5mks)
𝑏
(ii) The number 7.36 is correctly rounded approximation to a number b obtain as accurate

as possible an approximation to √𝑏 (5mks)

b) if 𝑥1 and x2 are approximation to exact values x1and x2 respectively and el and e2 are
1 1
corresponding errors in the approximation then proof that |𝑒1 + 𝑒2 | ≤ 2 10−𝑘1 + 2 10−𝑘2

(5mks)
𝜋
c) find the approximate value of 𝑦 = ∫0 sin 𝑥𝑑𝑥 using trapezoidal rule (5mks)

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