Faculty of Engineering and the Environment

Department of Geomatics and Surveying

COURSE NAME: Applied Mathematics CODE: EMI/EMR 2201
COURSE COORDINATOR: Mr R. G. Moyo SEMESTER 2- 2021

TUTORIAL WORKSHEET ONE (Numerical Analysis)

1. Construct Newton’s interpolation formula, for the function represented by the

table below
0 1 2 3 4 5
5.2 8 10.4 12.4 14.0 15.2
Hence find

2. a) Construct the Newton’s interpolation formula for the points ( ),

b) Find
c) Find the error in estimating the value of

3. Using Newton’s interpolation formula evaluate, approximately,

given the table below
0.51 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.55
0.52924 0.53789 0.54646 0.55493 0.56332

4. Let . Calculate an approximate to using the

a) Forward difference method
b) Backward difference method
c) Central difference method
using and also calculate the errors associated with using each
method. What is the significance of changing the step size?

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5. Given that use a 3 point formula with and
to find approximation to . Compare the calculated value with the
true value.

6. Let be given by the table below

1.2 1.4 1.45 1.5 1.55 1.6 1.7

4.77009 5.67728 6.1152 6.18152 7.30278 7.92485
Find an approximation to using
a) the forward difference formula with
b) the backward difference formula with
c) the central difference formula with
Compare the results with the exact value 11.2042 correct to 4 decimal places

7. Given that
Find an approximation to using
a) the forward difference formula with
b) the backward difference formula with
c) the central difference formula with
Compare the results with the exact value of

8. Approximate ∫ by the trapezoidal formula for m=10. Evaluate the

absolute error for approximating the value of this integral.

9. The following are some points of the curve on the interval [1 ; 1.8]. Integrate the
points represented by the table below using the Simpson’s rule using h=0.1 and h=0.4
1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
1.543 1.669 1.811 1.971 2.151 2.352 2.577 2.828 3.107

10. Evaluate ∫ using the trapezoidal rule. Use N=10 to approximate the integral
correct to 6dp. Calculate the error.
11. Evaluate ∫ using the Simpson’s rule. Use N=10 to approximate the
integral correct to 6dp. Calculate the error.
12. Consider the table for rounded to 4 decimal place,
1.3 1.35 1.4 1.45 1.5
3.7703 4.2078 4.6670 5.1818 5.7229
Using the 3 point formula with (i) h=0.05 and (ii) h=0.1, obtain the values of
and

13. Use Simpson’s rule to estimate the integral ∫ by taking n=8

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14. Use Simpson’s rule to estimate the integral ∫ √ to 4 decimal places
using 6 strips.
15. Use Taylor’s method of order 4 to solve [ ]
Compare solutions for h=1, h=0.5 and h=0.25 with the exact solution
16. Consider the initial value problem

Use Euler’s method with step size h=0.3 to compute the approximation to to 5
decimal places.
17. Use Euler’s method to solve the initial value problem

on [0 , 0.15], using h=0.03. Compare with the exact solution.

18. Using Runge-Kutta method of order 4 solve the initial value problem

from with h=0.3

19. Using fourth order Taylor series method find the solution of the differential equation

at 2.1 correct to 5 decimal places.

20. Apply the Runge-Kutta method of the fourth order to find an approximate value of y
at x=0.2, in steps of 0.1, given the initial value problem:

END OF TUTORIAL WORKSHEET