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Course Week 4 : Assignment 4
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Due on 2022-08-24, 23:59 IST.
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work? ()
● MCQs - Multiple Choice Questions (a question has only one correct answer)
Setup Guide ● MSQs
() ○ Multiple Select Questions (a question can have two, three, or four correct options)
○ In this case, equal weightage must be given to all options
Pre Course ● True/False - The learner has to choose either TRUE or FALSE from a given statement
Material ()
Answer questions 1 to 4 using the given objective function f (x) = 3x
4
− 2x
3
− 3x
2
+ 6
Week 0 ()
Week 1 () 1) The first order necessary condition for either maxima or minima of f(x) is 1 point
Week 2 () 3 2
6x − 3x − 6x = 0
Week 3 () 12x
3
− 6x
2
− 6x = 0
3 2
Week 4 () 12x − 9x − 6x = 0
None of these
Optimization
Yes, the answer is correct.
for Data
Score: 1
Science (unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=57&lesso 3 2
12x − 6x − 6x = 0
n=58)
Unconstrained 2) Which of the following point(s) is/are stationary point(s) of f (x)? 1 point
Multivariate
Optimization
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2
unit=57&lesso
n=59)
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1
Unconstrained
Multivariate 1
Optimization ( 2
Continued ) Yes, the answer is correct.
(unit? Score: 1
unit=57&lesso Accepted Answers:
n=60) −1
Gradient ( 0
Steepest ) 1
Descent ( OR )
3) The stationary point(s) which maximize(s) the value of f (x) is 1 point
Learning Rule
(unit?
unit=57&lesso −1
n=61) 2
0
FAQ (unit?
1
unit=57&lesso
n=62)
1
2
Practice:
Week 4 : Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Practice
Assignment 4 Accepted Answers:
(assessment? 0
name=130)
4) The stationary point(s) which minimize(s) the value of f (x) is 1 point
Quiz: Week 4
: Assignment
4 −1
2
(assessment?
0
name=143)
1
Week 4
Feedback 1
Form: Data 2
Science for Yes, the answer is correct.
Engineers Score: 1
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=57&lesso −1
2
n=64)
1
Assignment 4
solution (unit? 5) Find the minima of the function f (x) = (x − 5)2 − 5 using gradient search 1 point
unit=57&lesso method starting from x = −6 , and learning rate α = 0.5 and choose the correct statement
n=149) from the options given below
Week 5 ()
Minimum is f (x) = −5
Week 6 ()
Minimum is f (x) = −16
Week 7 ()
x = −11 yields the minimum of the function
Week 8 ()
x = 5 yields the minimum of the function
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Yes, the answer is correct.
Text Score: 1
Transcripts Accepted Answers:
() Minimum is f (x) = −5
x = 5 yields the minimum of the function
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6) The gross domestic product (GDP) of a country in billion dollars following a crisis (at 1 point
Videos ()
t = 0) is given by: G(t) = −0.196t3 + 3.244t
2
+ 9.179 for 0 ≤ t ≤ 28 . When is the GDP
highest in the given time period?
Books ()
t = 4.903
Problem
t = 11.034
Solving
Session () t = 3.269
t = 8.295
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
t = 11.034
7) A function is defined as: 7x 2 + 70x + 12. Find the value of x at its stationary 1 point
point.
x = 10
x = 0.071
x = −350
x = −5
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
x = −5
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