CHE 555 NUMERICAL METHODS & OPTIMIZATION

ASSIGNMENT 1
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
This is a group assignment (3 members) which has to be submitted within 1 week after
receiving the assignment. Standardize all the calculation up to 4 decimal points.

QUESTIONS 1

1. Determine the lowest positive root of f(x) = 2 sin(x) e-x - 0.1; Perform the
computation to a >= 0.5%.
(a) Graphically.
(b) Using the Newton-Raphson method (xi =0.3).
(c) Using the secant method (xi-1 = 0.5 and xi = 0.4).

(20 marks)

QUESTION 2

When trying to find the acidity of calcium carbonate in sulphuric acid, researcher has
obtained the following equation;

A(C) = C3 +3.5C2 40

Where, C is the concentration of hydroxonium ion. Find the concentration of the

hydroxonium ion in saturated solution (acidity is equals zero) using following method.
Estimate the initial concentration of the ion in range of 2 to 5 mg/L. The acceptable
concentration must have approximate percent relative error less than 2%. Standardize all
of the calculation up to 4 decimal points.

i) Bisection method
ii) MATLAB (graphically)

Note
Question 2 i) should be presented as a manual calculation while Question 2 ii) should be
presented as MATLAB print out.

(15 marks)
QUESTION 3

Solve the following system of linear algebraic equations accordingly;

0.1x1 + 0.5x2 + x3 = - 0.03

0.5x1 + x2 + 1.7x3 = 0.56
0.3x1 + 0.5x2 + x3 = - 0.33

i) Cramers rule
ii) Naive Gauss elimination
iii) Gauss Jordan

Note
Question 3 i, ii and iii) should be presented as a manual calculation.
(15 marks)