Numerical Methods
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women, Delhi, India
*Tutorial Questions (Unit 1)
Course: BAS-203 (Numerical Methods)
1. Convert the following binary numbers into decimal form:
(a) (11100111.101)2 Ans: (231.625)10
(b) (100101.011)2 Ans: (37.375)10
2. Convert the following decimal numbers into binary form:
(a) (17.375)10 Ans: (10001.011)2
(b) (634.640625)10 Ans: (1001111010.101001)2
3. Round off the number 37.46235 to four mantissa digits and then calculate the
absolute, relative, and percentage error.
Ans: Ea = 0.00235, Er = 6.27 × 10−5 , and Ep = 6.27 × 10−3
4. If 0.333 is the approximate value of 1/3, find the absolute, relative, and percentage
error.
Ans: Ea = 0.000333, Er = 0.000999, and Ep = 0.0999%
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5. Evaluate the sum S = 3 ⊕ 5 ⊕ 7 to four significant digits an find its absolute
and relative errors.
Ans: S = 6.614, Ea = 0.00013, and Er = 0.00002
6. Find the interval in which the smallest positive root of the equation
x3 − x − 4 = 0
lies. Also determine the root correct to two decimals using the bisection method.
Ans: (1, 2), 1.80.
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7. Find the iterative methods based on the Newton-Raphson method for finding N ,
1/N , N 1/3 , where N is a real number. Apply the methods to A = 18 to obtain
the results correct to two decimals. Ans:
xn+1 = (x2n + N )/(2xn )
xn+1 = (2x2n + N )/(3x2n )
xn+1 = xn (2 − N xn )
4.24, 0.06, 2.62.
8. Given the following equations:
(i) x4 − x − 10 = 0
(ii) x − e−x = 0
Determine the initial approximations. Use these to find the roots correct to three
decimal places with the following methods:
(a) the Secant method
(b) the Newton-Raphson method. Ans: (i) 1.5, 1.856 (ii) 0.75, 0.567
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Numerical Methods
9. The iteration method
xn+1 = g(xn )
for the solution of f (x) = x2 − x − 2 = 0 converges in near of root x = 2.
(a). Find g(x).
(b). Find the root of f (x), correct to three decimal places by choosing initial root
x0 = 1.5 Ans: (a) g(x) = 1 + 2/x, (b) 1.9994.
10. Determine the order of convergence of the Bisection iterative method for finding a
root of the equation f(x) = 0. Ans: Linear.
11. Show that the condition of convergence for Newton’s method that is
|f (x)f ′′ (x)| < |f ′ (x)|2
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