Numerical Analysis Question Bank
Numerical Analysis Question Bank
1. Use the Bisection method to find the indicated roots of the following equations:
(a) f (x) = xex − 2 = 0, in the interval [0,1]. (use an error tolerance ϵ = 0.008)
(b) The smallest positive root of cos x = 21 + sin x (ϵ = 0.0001)
(c) x − 2−x = 0 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
2. Use the Bisection method to find solutions accurate to within 10−2 for x4 −2x3 −4x2 +4x+4 = 0
on each interval
4. If the Bisection method is used on an interval of length 1 to find Cn with error |Cn − C| < 10−5
determine the least value of n that will assure the accuracy.
5. Write the Bisection method algorthim in MATLAB and test it for the problems in questions
1, 2, and 3.
8. Write the Newton’s method algorithm in MATLAB and test it for the problems in questions
1,2, and 3.
(a) x − cos x = 0, [0, π/2], ϵ = 10−4 , (b) x − 0.8 − 0.2 sin x = 0, [0, π/2], ϵ = 10−4 .
x
10. Consider f (x) = = 0 in [-1,1]. Find the root using Newton’s method with initial
1 + x2
guess x0 = 0.75. What is your observation.
11. f (x) = x6 − x − 1 = 0 obtain the root which is accurate upto 9 significant digits using
Newton’s method with x0 = 1.0 and x0 = 2.0. what is your observation.