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    The document provides instructions and questions for a numerical analysis exam. It includes 5 questions related to topics like Simpson's rule, Newton-Raphson method, interpolation, and factorials. Students are asked to solve problems involving iterative methods, roots of equations, and applying numerical techniques to find values from tables.

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    MERU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

    P.O. Box 972-60200 – Meru-Kenya.


    Tel: +254(0) 799 529 958, +254(0) 799 529 959, +254 (0)712 524 293
    Website: www.must.ac.ke Email: info@mucst.ac.ke

    UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2021/2022

    THIRD YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF


    BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE,
    BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
    ACTURIAL SCIENCE
    AND
    THIRD YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
    BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN STATISTICS

    SMA 3303: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I

    DATE: JANUARY 2022 TIME: 2 HOURS

    INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and any other TWO questions.

    QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)

    a) The equation of a curve describing distribution in probability is:

    . Using the Simpson’s rule with 0.125

    0.68 (6 Marks)
    b) i. Show that the equation 1 4 has root in the interval 0,1 . (2 Marks)
    ii. Using an iteration method, find the root correct to 3 decimal places given that the root
    is near 1. (7 Marks)
    c) Evaluate 4! using the data given in the table below.
    1 2 3 4 5

    ! 2 5 7 - 32

    (4 Marks)
    "
    d) Using the Newton – Raphson iterative scheme, find the root of the equation that
    lies between 0, #1!correct the 4 decimal places. (6 Marks)
    e) Compute $ 0.2! from the following tabular data.

    Meru University of Science & Technology is ISO 9001:2015 Certified


    Foundation of Innovations Page 1
    0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

    ! 1.00 1.16 3.56 13.96 41.96 101

    QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)

    a) Evaluate %&' "


    , correct to 4 decimal places using . (5 Marks)
    (

    b) Find $
    2.2! and $$
    2.2! from the table
    1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2
    ! 4.0552 4.9530 6.0496 7.3891 9.0250
    (8 Marks)
    c) Using Lagrange’s interpolating polynomial find (3) if (1) =1, (2) = 4 and (5) = 10.
    (7 Marks)

    QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)

    a) Set-up Newton’s scheme of iteration for the computation of the cube-root of a positive
    number N. Using the scheme, perform four iterations to obtain the approximate value of
    *
    17+ starting with 2 (9 Marks)

    b) Verify that the equation cos "


    has a real-root within the interval (0,1), use the
    Regular-Falsi method to determine the root to 3 decimal places. (11 Marks)

    QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)

    a) Find Lagrange’s interpolation polynomial fitting the points (1, -3), (3, 0) (4, 30), (6, 132).
    (9 Marks)
    b) The sales in a particular department store for the last five years are given in the following
    table.
    Year 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982
    Sales 40 43 48 52 57
    Estimate the sales for the year 1979. (11 Marks)

    Meru University of Science & Technology is ISO 9001:2015 Certified


    Foundation of Innovations Page 2
    QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)

    a) Find 15! given that 10! 46, 20! 66, 30! 81, 40! 93
    and 50! 101 . (10 Marks)
    b) Using an iteration method, find a real root of cos 3 # 1, correct to 3 decimal places.
    (10 Marks)

    Meru University of Science & Technology is ISO 9001:2015 Certified


    Foundation of Innovations Page 3

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