MAY 2011

Master of Computer Application (MCA) – Semester 3

MC0074 – Statistical and Numerical methods using C++ – 4 Credits
(Book ID: B0812)
Assignment Set – 1 (60 Marks)

Answer the following : 610 = 6

1. Fit a second degree curve to the following data taking u=x-5 as the independent and v=y-7
as dependent variable
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Y 2 6 7 8 10 11 11 10 9

2. Discuss and define the Correlation coefficient with the suitable example.
10 marks

3. If x is normally distributed with zero mean and unit variance, find the expectation and

variance of  2 . 10 marks

4. The sales in a particular department store for the last five years is given in the following
table
Years 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982
Sales (in lakhs) 40 43 48 52 57

Estimate the sales for the year 1979.

10 marks

5. Find out the geometric mean of the following series

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
 Frequency 17 10 11 15 8
10 marks

dy
6. Find y at x = 1.02, given  xy  1 with y (1) = 2. Apply Taylor’s series method.
dx
10 marks
 MAY 2011
Master of Computer Application (MCA) – Semester 3
MC0074 – Statistical and Numerical methods using C++ – 4 Credits
(Book ID: B0812)
Assignment Set – 2 (60 Marks)

Answer the following : 610 = 6

1. Find M, μ2 and μ3 in the following series
X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
F 1 9 26 59 72 52 29 7 1
10 marks

2
2. If is approximated by 0.667, find the absolute and relative errors? 10 marks
3

1) 3. Use Runge-Kutta method of order two and four to estimate y(0.2) of the equation
dy y
 3x  , y (0) = 1 by taking h = 0.2.
dx 2
10 marks

4. Find a real root of the equation x3 – 4x – 9 = 0 using the bisection method

10 marks

5. Find Newton’s difference interpolation polynomial for the following data:

x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
f(x) 1.40 1.56 1.76 2.00 2.28
10 marks
 1
dx
6. Evaluate  1  x2 using Trapezoidal rule with h = 0.2. Hence determine the value of π.
0

10 marks