Government Engineering college ,Patan
Tutorial-2
Applied Mathematics for Electrical Engineering (3130908)
Topic: Roots of Algebraic and Transcendental Equations
1. Find the positive root of x cos x correct up to three decimal places by bisection
method
2. Find a real root of the x3 x 1 0 correct up to six decimal places.
3. Find a root of the following equation, using the bisection method correct to three
decimal places :
(i) x3 x 11 0 (ii)2 x3 x 2 20 x 12 0
(iii) x 4 x 10 0 (iv) x log10 x 1.2
4. Find a root of the following equation, using the secant method correct to three
decimal places :
(i) xe x 2 (ii) cos x 3x 1
1
(ii) x sin x (iv) tan x x
2
5. Evaluate 30 by secant method correct to four decimal places.
6. Find a root of the following equation, using the Newton-Raphson method correct to
three decimal places :
(i )3 x 3 9 x 2 8 0
(ii ) x5 5 x 2 3 0
(iii ) x sin x cos x 0 which is near x
(iv)e x x 3 cos 25 x which is near 4.5
7. The current i in an electric circuit is given by i 10e t sin 2 t where t is in seconds.
Using Newton Raphson method, calculate the time t correct to 3 decimal places for
i 2 amp.
8. Derive the Newton Raphson iterative scheme by drawing appropriate figure.
9. Find the iterative formula for finding N , 3 N , N 1 , 1 where N, M are positive
M
integer, using Newton Raphson formula. Hence evaluate
1
(i) 8 (ii) 3 41 (iii) (30) 5
(iv) 1
correct up to 3 decimal places.
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10. Perform the five iterations of the bisection method to obtain a root of the equation
f ( x) cos x xe x 0
11. Compute the real root of f ( x) x 2sin x 0 , correct up to six decimal places using
Secant method, starting from x0 2, x1 1.9 .