Date: Friday, March 22, 2024

Duration: 75 Minutes

Mark: 40

No. of pages including cover: 12

Exam II
Semester: Spring 2021

Faculty : Science
Department : Math &Computer Science Division/ program: Mathematics
Course Name : Numerical Methods Course Code: Math 348

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INSTRUCTIONS:
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Use maximum precision that your calculator provides in all calculations and provide
the final answer in “four significant figures”.

1. (10 Points) Use the following times, in minutes, and velocities, in m/min,
of a car traveling on a straight road to estimate the distance traveled by
the car between t = 0 to t = 20. Assume that the speed remains constant
at 720 m/min for t >12 minutes. Apply multiple application of Simpson’s
1/3 rule.

t 0 3 6 9 12
s(t) 0 240 420 600 720
2. (14 Points) Given the following data points:

x f(x)
0.5 1
1 1.4
1.5 1.4
2 0.6

Use quadratic splines to find the second order polynomial f 1(x) in the
interval [ 0.5, 1]. Use the derivative of this polynomial to estimate f’(0.6).
3. (10 Points) Given the following data points.

x 1 2 3 5 6 7
f(x) 0 0.7 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.9

Evaluate the integral of f(x) from 1 to 7 using a combination of

Simpson’s 1/3 rule and trapezoidal rule. Employ Simpson’s 1/3 rule
whenever possible to obtain the highest accuracy.
4. (8 Points) Newton Divided difference 2nd order interpolating polynomial
is used to fit curve given f(2), f(4) and f(6). If f(2) = 6, f(6) = 18, and f[x0,
x1, x2 ] = 0.5, find f(4).

5.
6. (8 Points) Use the Composite Simpson’s rule with n = 4 to approximate
the same integral.
2
∫ 𝑥𝑒 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 ; 𝑛 = 4
−2
FORMULAE

Polynomial interpolation

f ( x) = b0 + b1 ( x − x0 ) + b2 ( x − x0 )( x − x1 ) +  + bn ( x − x0 )( x − x1 )  ( x − x n −1 )
b0 = f ( x0 )
b1 = f [ x1 , x0 ]
bn = f [ x n , x n −1 ,, x1 , x0 ]
f ( xi ) − f ( x j )
f [ xi , x j ] =
xi − x j
f [ x n , x n −1 , , x1 ] − f [ x n −1 , , x1 , x0 ]
f [ x n , x n −1 , , x1 , x0 ] =
x n − x0

n
f n ( x) =  Li ( x) f ( xi )
i =0
n x − xj
Li ( x) = 
j =0 xi − x j
j i
Integration

I=
h
 f (a) + f (b)
2
n −1
h  b−a
I =  f ( x 0 ) + 2  f ( xi ) + f ( x n )  h =
2  i =1  n

=  f ( x0 ) + 4 f (x1 ) + f (x n )
h
I
3
h n −1 n−2  b−a
I =  f ( x 0 ) + 4  f ( xi ) + 2  f ( x j ) + f ( x n )  h=
3 i =1,3,5,... j = 2,4,6,...  n
 
b−a
=  f ( x0 ) + 3 f ( x1 ) + 3 f ( x 2 ) + f ( x3 )
3h
I h=
8 3
I (h1 ) − I (h2 )
I = I (h2 ) +
2
 h1 
1 −  
 h2 
4 1 16 1 64 1
I= I m − Il , I = I m − Il , I = I m − I l ,...
3 3 15 15 63 63
n x c
2 0.5773502692 1.000000000000
− 0.5773502692 1.000000000000
3 0.7745966692 0.555555555556
0.0000000000 0.888888888889
− 0.7745966692 0.555555555556

 (b − a )t + b + a  b − a 
b 1
 f ( x)dx =  f  2

 2 
dt
a −1