RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY
NKPOLU-OROWORUKWO, PORT HARCOURT.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Student Name:…………………………………………………………Matric No:………………………………………………..
Department:…………………………..………………………… Course Unit: 4 DATE: 016:08:2018
Course Code: MTH 206 Time: 2 Hours
Course Title: Engineering Mathematics IV
Semester: Second Semester 2017/2018 Session
SECTION A: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH QUESTION CARRY 2MARKS
Q1. An approximate value of is given by and its true value is .
Find the absolute and relative errors………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Q2. Let solution of a problem with relative error in the solution at most . Find the range of
values up to four decimal digits, within which the exact value of the solution must
lie……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
.
Q3. Find a real root of the equation correct up to four decimal places……....……………………
Q4. is equal to ....................................………………………………………………………………………
Q5. Numerical integration by Simpson’s rule is ...…………………………………………………………………………………….
Q6. The root of the equation lies in the interval ..…………………………………………………………..
Q7. The equation is an example of ..……………………………………………………………………………………..
Q8. Which method for the determination of a root of a non-linear equation should never be used when
the graph of is nearly horizontal in the neighbourhood of the root?.................................................
Q9. Which iterative method has maximum rate of convergence?..............................................................
Q10. The operator is equivalent to……………………………………………………………………………….
Q11. The square root of the number can be obtained by the formula……………………………………………….
Q12. The value of if is equivalent to………………………………………………………………………..
Q13. The equation can be written as . If the equation has as an initial
approximation to the root, then the scheme will converge to the root
if………………………………………………………………………..
Q14.If and , are the initial roots of the equation , then by the Secant
method, the next approximate root will be equal to………………………………………………………………………
Q15.Evaluate using Simpson’s rule into six intervals……………………………….......................................
Q 16. Given that the eigenvectors for the square matrix are and . Then
find its eigenvalues and are……………………………………………………………………………………
Q17. Given: 0 1 2 3 4
4 8 15 7 6
Then the value of at will be equal to……………………………………………………………………………..
Q18. Find the regression equation of on from the following data: and
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Q19. Find the function whose first difference is ........................................................................................
Q20. An objective test contains questions, each question with a multiple choice answers, one of
which is correct answer. Find the probability that a candidate who works by mere guessing gets six
questions correctly?...........................................................................................................................
SECTION B: ATTEMPT ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS AND SHOW YOUR WORK CLEARLY
Q1(a). Find a cubic polynomial in for if . Also find the value of at
. Verify that the same is obtained by substitution.
(b) Show that
(c) Prove that
Q2(a) In a normal distribution, of the items are under and are under . Determine the mean
variance and standard deviation of the distribution.
(b) If two random variables are linearly related, then show that
Q3. An insurance company is reviewing its current policy rates. When originally setting the rates they
believed that the average claim amount will be maximum N180000. They are concerned that the true
mean is higher than this, because they could potentially lose a lot of money. They randomly select 40
claims, and calculate a sample mean of N195000. Assuming thestandard deviationof claims is
Rs50000 and setα= .05, test to see if the insurance company should be concerned or not?
Q4(a)From the following table of values of and . Obtain and for
1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2
2.7183 3.3201 4.0552 4.9530 6.0496 7.3891 9.0250
(b) If , then show that
