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Backward Euler method for solving the differential equation $\frac{dy}{dx}=f(x, y)$ is specified by, (choose one of the following).$y_{n+1}=y_n+hf(x_n, y_n)$$y_{n+1}=y_n+...
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Function $f$ is known at the following points:$x$00.30.60.91.21.51.82.12.42.73.0$f(x)$00.090.360.811.442.253.244.415.767.299.00The value of $\int_{0}^{3} f(x) \text{d}x$ ...
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The cubic polynomial $y(x)$ which takes the following values: $y(0)=1, y(1)=0, y(2)=1$ and $y(3)=10$ is$x^3 +2x^2 +1$$x^3 +3x^2 -1$$x^3 +1$$x^3 -2x^2 +1$
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Consider the polynomial $p(x) = a_0 + a_1x + a_2x^2 + a_3x^3$ , where $a_i \neq 0$, $\forall i$. The minimum number of multiplications needed to evaluate $p$ on an input ...
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The approximate value of integral $\int_{0}^{1}(3 x+7) d x$ by trapezoidal rule of the step size $0.0001$ is ________.$\frac{3}{2}$$7$$\frac{17}{2}$None of the options
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One root of $x^{3} – x – 4 = 0$ lies in $(1, 2).$ In bisection method, after first iteration the root lies in the interval ___________ .$(1, 1.5)$$(1.5, 2)$$(1.25, 1.75)$...
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Use Secant method to find roots of:$x^3-2x^2+3x-5=0$$x+1 = 4sinx$$e^x = x + 2$
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Use NR method to find a root of the equation with tolerance x=0.00001.$x^3-2x-5=0$$e^x-3x^2=0$
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Use Bisection method to find all roots of $x^3 – 5x + 3 = 0$
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Use Bisection method to find the root of the following equation with tolerance 0.001.$x^4 - 2x^3 - 4x^2 + 4x + 4 = 0$$x^3 – e^x + sin(x) = 0$
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One root of $x^{3} – x – 4 = 0$ lies in $(1, 2).$ In bisection method, after first iteration the root lies in the interval ___________ .$(1, 1.5)$$(1.5, 2)$$(1.25, 1.75)$...
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The simplex method is so named because It is simple.It is based on the theory of algebraic complexes.The simple pendulum works on this method.No one thought of a better n...
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In which of the following methods proper choice of initial value is very important?Bisection methodFalse positionNewton-RaphsonBairsto method
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The real root of the equation $x^{3} – x – 5 = 0$ lying between $1$ and $2$ after first iteration by Netwon-Raphson method is ___________, if initial approximation is tak...
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The following definite integral evaluates to$$\int_{-\infty}^{0} e^ {-\left(\frac{x^2}{20} \right )}dx$$$\frac{1}{2}$$\pi \sqrt{10}$$\sqrt{10}$$\pi$
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The minimum number of equal length subintervals needed to approximate $\int_1^2 xe^x\,dx$ to an accuracy of at least $\frac{1}{3}\times10^{-6}$ using the trapezoidal rule...
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Loosely speaking, we can say that a numerical method is unstable if errors introduced into the computation grow at _________ rate as the computation proceeds.
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Consider an LPP given as$\text{Max } Z=2x_1-x_2+2x_3$subject to the constraints$$2x_1+x_2 \leq 10 \\ x_1+2x_2-2x_3 \leq 20 \\ x_1 + 2x_3 \leq 5 \\ x_1, \: x_2 \: x_3 \geq...
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In PERT/CPM, the merge event represents _____ of two or more events.completionbeginningsplittingjoining
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The convergence of the bisection method isCubicQuadraticLinearNone
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Choose the most appropriate option.The Newton-Raphson iteration $x_{n+1}=\dfrac{x_{n}}{2}+\dfrac{3}{2x_{n}}$ can be used to solve the equation$x^{2}=3$$x^{3}=3$$x^{2}=2$$...
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The convergence of the bisection method isCubicQuadraticLinearNone
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Using bisection method, one root of $x^4-x-1$ lies between $1$ and $2$. After second iteration the root may lie in interval:$(1.25,1.5)$$(1,1.25)$$(1,1.5)$None of the opt...
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Let $u$ and $v$ be two vectors in $R^2$ whose Eucledian norms satisfy $\mid u\mid=2\mid v \mid$. What is the value $\alpha$ such that $w=u+\alpha v$ bisects the angle bet...
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Does in iiith pgeee exam , does Reading comprehension is being asked. Do we need to prepare for it?
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Match the following items(i) Newton-Raphson(a) Integration(ii) Runge-Kutta(b) Root finding(iii) Gauss-Seidel(c) Ordinary Differential Equations(iv) Simpson's Rule(d) Solu...
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A root $\alpha$ of equation $f(x)=0$ can be computed to any degree of accuracy if a 'good' initial approximation $x_0$ is chosen for which$f(x_0) 0$$f (x_0) f''(x_0) 0$...
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A prison houses 100 inmates, one in each of 100 cells, guarded by a total of 100 warders. One evening, all the cells are locked and the keys left in the locks. As the fir...
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Using Newton-Raphson method, a root correct to 3 decimal places of $x^3 - 3x -5 = 0$2.2222.2752.279None of the above
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Use Simpson's rule with $h=0.25$ to evaluate $ V= \int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{1+x} dx$ correct to three decimal places.
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Given $f(300)=2,4771; f(304) = 2.4829; f(305) = 2.4843$ and $f(307) = 2.4871$ find $f(301)$ using Lagrange's interpolation formula.
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Which of the following statements is true in respect of the convergence of the Newton-Rephson procedure?It converges always under all circumstances.It does not converge t...
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Five men are available to do five different jobs. From past records, the time (in hours) that each man takes to do each job is known and is given in the following table :...
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The Guass-Seidal iterative method can be used to solve which of the following sets?Linear algebraic equationsLinear and non-linear algebraic equationsLinear differential ...
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The formula $P_k = y_0 + k \triangledown y_0+ \frac{k(k+1)}{2} \triangledown ^2 y_0 + \dots + \frac{k \dots (k+n-1)}{n!} \triangledown ^n y_0$ isNewton's backward formula...
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GivenX:01016Y:61628The interpolated value X=4 using piecewise linear interpolation is1142210
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The formula $\int\limits_{x0}^{xa} y(n) dx \simeq h/2 (y_0 + 2y_1 + \dots +2y_{n-1} + y_n) - h/12 (\triangledown y_n - \triangle y_0)$$- h/24 (\triangledown ^2 y_n + \tri...
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The shift operator $E$ is defined as $E [f(x_i)] = f (x_i+h)$ and $E'[f(x_i)]=f (x_i -h)$ then $\triangle$ (forward difference) in terms of $E$ is$E-1$$E$$1-E^{-1}$$1-E$
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X, Y and Z are closed intervals of unit length on the real line. The overlap of X and Y is half a unit. The overlap of Y and Z is also half a unit. Let the overlap of X a...
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The Newton-Raphson method is to be used to find the root of the equation $f(x)=0$ where $x_o$ is the initial approximation and $f’$ is the derivative of $f$. The method ...
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