B.E./B.Tech.

DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010

Fourth Semester
Mechanical Engineering

MA2266 STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL METHODS
(Common to Automobile Engineering and Production Engineering)
(Regulation 2008)
(Statistical Tables may be permitted)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks

Answer ALL questions
PART A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1) What are parameters and statistics in sampling?
2) Write any two applications of
2
_ -test.
3) Compare one-way classification model with two-way classification model.
4) What is meant by Latin square?
5) Write the convergence condition and order of convergence for Newton-Raphson
method.
6) Compare Gauss Jacobi with Gauss Jordan.
7) Create a forward difference table for the following data and state the degree of
polynomial for the same.
: x 0 1 2 3
( ) : y f x = -1 0 3 8
8) Compare Simpsons 1/3 rule with Trapezoidal method.
9) Using Taylors series find (0.1) y for 1 , (0) 0
dy
y y
dx
= = .
10) Solve
2
4 0
x x
y y
+
= .

PART B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

11) (a) (i) A machine produces 16 imperfect articles in a sample of 500. After machine is
overhauled, it produces 3 imperfect articles in a batch of 100. Has the machine been
improved?

(a) (ii) Examine whether the difference in the variability in yields is significant at 5% level
of significance, for the following.
Set of 40 plots Set of 60 plots
Mean yield per plot 1256 1243
S.D. per plot 34 28




(Or)

(b) (i) Test if the difference in the means is significant for the following data:

Sample I: 76 68 70 43 94 68 33
Sample II: 40 48 92 85 70 76 68 22

(b) (ii) The following data gives the number of aircraft accidents that occurred during the
various days of a week. Find whether the accidents are uniformly distributed over the
week.
Days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
No. of accidents: 14 16 8 12 11 9 14

12) (a) Carry out ANOVA (Analysis of variance) for the following.

Workers
A B C D
1 44 38 47 36
2 46 40 52 43
3 34 36 44 32
4 43 38 46 33
5 38 42 49 39

(Or)

(b) Perform Latine Square Experiment for the following.

Roam I II III Three equally spaced
concentrations of poison as
extracted from the scorpion fish.
Arabic 1 2 3 Three equally spaced body
weights for the animals tested.
Latin A B C Three equally spaced times of
storage of the poison before it is
administered to the animals.

I II III
1. 0.194 0.73 1.187
A B C
2. 0.758 0.311 0.589
C A B
3. 0.369 0.558 0.311
B C A



13) (a) (i) Find the inverse of
0 1 1
1 2 0
3 1 4
A
| |
|
=
|
|

\ .
using Gauss-Jordon method.
(a) (ii) Solve by Gauss-Seidel method
6 3 12 35; x y z + + = 8 3 2 20; x y z + = 4 11 33 x y z + = .

(Or)

(b) (i) Using Gauss-Jordan, solve the following system 10 12; x y z + + =
2 10 13; x y z + + = 5 7 x y z + + = .
(ii) Find all the Eigen value of
1 6 1
1 2 0
0 0 3
A
| |
|
=
|
|
\ .
using power method. Using
( )
1
1, 0, 0
T
x = as initial vector.

14) (a) (i) Taking
10
h
t
= , evaluate
0
sin x dx
t
}
by Simpsons 1/3 rule. Verify the answer with
integration.

(ii) Use Lagranges formula to fit a polynomial to the following data hence find
( 1) y x = .
: x - 1 0 2 3
: y
- 8 3 1 12

(Or)

(b) (i) Evaluate
6
2
0
1

1
dx
x +
}
using Trapezoidal rule. Verify the answer with direct
integration.
(ii) Find ( ) 1976 y from the following

: x 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991
: y
20 24 29 36 46 51

15) (a) (i) Use Eulers method, with 0.1 h= to find the solutio of
2 2
y x y ' = + with
(0) 0 y = in 0 5 x s s .
(ii) Using Milnes method, obtain the solution of
2
dy
x y
dx
= at 0.8 x= given (0) 0 y = ,
(0.2) 0.02, (0.4) 0.0795, (0.6) 0.1762 y y y = = = .

(Or)



(b) (i) Use R.K Method fourth order to find the (0.2) y if
2
,
dy
x y
dx
= +
(0) 1, 0.1 y h = = .

(ii) Solve
2 1
4 4 2
n
n n n
u u u
+ +
+ = .