KarmilaKamil_Numerical Methods COEB 223

Semester 1 2015/2016

TUTORIAL 1
ROOT FINDINGS (PART A : BRACKETING METHODS)
1.

Given that the

F(x) = sin (x) tan-1 (x),
Estimate the value of x when f(x) =-3/2 using the False Position method.
Initial estimation of the roots is 0 and 5. Perform only three iterations and
calculate the approximate percent relative error, a after each iteration.
(15m)
Test 1 Sem 1 2010/2011, Answer : xr = 3.3616, a = 3.99%

2.
The ministry of housing is in the process of determining the population
growth trend of a city
and adjacent suburb. The population of the urban area is declining with the
time according to
k u t

Pu ( t )=Pu , max e

+ Pu ,min

While the suburban population is growing, as in

P s ,max

Ps ( t ) =
1+

Ps , max
k t
1 e
P0
s

Where Pu,max, ku, Ps,max, P0, and ks = empirically derived parameters.

Determine the time and corresponding value of Pu(t) and Ps(t) when the
suburban has 20% larger population than the city.
The parameter value are Pu,max = 75,000 people, ku = 0.045/year, Pu,min =
100,000 people,
Ps,max = 300,000 people, P0 = 10,000 people, ks = 0.08/year. Use False
Position Method with initial guess of tL = 0, tU = 50. Do 3 iterations.
(20 m)
Test 1 Sem 1 2013/2014, Answer : xr = 39.6066, a = 3.99%

3.

Use Bisection method to estimate the value of

when

f ( t )=15.5

with the initial guesses

of 0.0 and 1.0.

f (t )

is given by:

f ( t )=6 sin

( 42t )4 t9

Perform the computation until a is less than the stopping criterion of

12.0%.
(20 m)

KarmilaKamil_Numerical Methods COEB 223

Semester 1 2015/2016
Test 1 Sem 2 2013/2014, tr= 0.5625, a=11.1111%