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1. Find a root of the equation x4 - 8x3 + 23x2 + 16x - 50 = 0 in the vicinity of 1.0 by Iterative
Substitution.
2. Find the root of the equation x3 - 3x2 + 2x - 0.375 = 0 in the vicinity of 1.0 by Iterative
3. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the range 1.0 < x < 2.0 by the Bisection
Method.
4. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the range 1.0 < x < 2.0 by the False Position
Method.
5. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the range 0.35 < x <1.0 by the Bisection
Method.
6. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the range 0.4 < x < 0.6 by the False Position
Method.
7. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Newton-Raphson
Method.
8. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Newton-Raphson
Method.
9. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 1 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Modified Newton-
Raphson Method.
10. Find a root of the equation in Exercise 2 in the vicinity of 1.0 by the Modified Newton-
Raphson Method.
13. Solve the equation in Exercise 12 by the Modified Newton-Raphson procedure starting from
15. Estimate a root of the following equations close to = 0.5 and = 0.5 using the Modified
Newton-Raphson Method
tan = 0.2537
16. Estimate a root of the following equations close to x = 0.5 and y = 2.5 using the Modified
Newton-Raphson Method.
x sin y + x2 cos y =0
ex + xy - 2 = 0
17. The depth of embedment d of a sheet pile wall is governed by the equation
An engineer has estimated the correct depth to be d = 2.5. Use the Modified
18. An engineer has estimated the critical depth of flow down an open channel, yc, to be in
Where,
Improve on this estimate, correct to one decimal place, using the False Position
Method.
19. The rate of fluid flow down a sloping channel of rectangular cross-section is given by the
Equation,
1 5
2 ()3
Q = 2
(+2)3
where
H = Depth of flow
n = roughness (0.03)
An engineer has estimated that the depth of flow must lie in the range 0.6m < H < 0.9m.
Q = Flow rate
D = Pipe diameter
S = Pipe gradient
A particular pipe has a flow rate of 273, a roughness co-efficient of 110 and gradient
of 0.0023. The diameter of the pipe is estimated to be about 10. Perform a few
21. The vertical stress z generated at a point X in an elastic continuum under the edge of a
stress z will be 25% of the following stress q. Use an initial guess of = 0.4. Note that
22. The displacement/time function for free vibration of a simple damped oscillator is given by:
Use the False Position Method to estimate the time in the range 0.2 < t < 0.3 at which the
23. The depth d of submergence of solid pine sphere of radius r = 100, floating in water, is given
by the equation:
(255230 2 + 3 )
=0
3
Within what range must the required root lie? Use the Bisection Method with