University of the Punjab

College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences

4th Semester (BS- Actuarial Sciences) Final Term Examination 2019

Name: __________________ Roll. No. ______________ Paper: Numerical Analysis Marks: 40

Q1: The amount ‘A’ of a substance remaining in the reacting system after an interval of time
‘t’ in a certain chemical experiment is tabulated below:

𝑡(𝑠 ) 2 5 8 11
( ) 96 88 81 76

(a) Compute the the polynomial of degree 3 using Lagrange Interpolating Method.
(b) Estimate the amount A, remaining after 3 seconds, using the polynomial
obtained in part (a).

Q2: The equation has two positive and two negative solutions. Use
Newton’s method to approximate the solution with 𝑝

Q3: Figure shows a uniform beam subject to a linearly increasing distributed load. The equation for
the resulting elastic curve is

( )

Use Bisection method to solve the equation up to 3 decimals, when , ,

, and for .

Q4: Use the following data to find the velocity and acceleration at 𝑡 = 12𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 using most
accurate 3 point formula. Mention the formulae you used as most accurate.

Time t 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
(sec)

Position 0 0.7 1.8 3.4 5.1 6.3 7.3 8.0 8.4

x (m)

Velocity 0.8667 0.7375 0.5417 0.2083 0.1375

v
(m/sec)

( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) [- ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )