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of Printed Pages : 5 I BCS-054 I

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

(BCA) (Revised)
Teas...End Examination
04E37:2.
June, 2017

INCS-054 : COMPUTER ORIENTED NUMERICAL

TECHNIQUES
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note :
(i) Calculator, including scientific, is allowed
during examination. However, each step of
numerical calculation should be explicitly
carried out by the examinee.

(ii) Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any

three from the rest of the four questions.

1. (a) Calculate x - y, for the following two

floating-point numbers : 3

x = 0.8706 x 10-3, y = 0.7604 x 10-2

(b) Find the product of x and y given in (a)
above.
(c) Explain what is 'overflow', with a suitable
example of multiplication.

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 (d) Write the following system of linear
equations in matrix form :
— 9x + 17y = — 8
12x = 23
(e) Solve the following system of linear
equations using Gauss elimination method : 4
— 7x+ 5y= 3
2x-8y=-12
(f) Find an interval in which the following
equation has a root :
2x2 +6x-7= 0
(g) Write briefly the steps of the Secant
Method to find out the roots of an equation. 4
(h) Write the expressions which are obtained
by applying each of the following operators
to f(x) : 4
(i) V
(ii) A
(i) Write A in terms of each of (i) E and (ii) 8
separately.
(j) Construct the difference table for the
following data : 3
x 2 7 11 17 23
f(x) 17 32 49 73 143
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 (k) State the following two formulae for
interpolation (for equal intervals)
(i) Stirling's Formula
(ii) Newton's Backward Difference
Formula
(1) Explain the concepts of 'order' and 'degree'
of a differential equation, with an example. 2

2. (a) Using either Gauss-Jacobi iterative method

or Gauss elimination method with partial
pivoting, solve the following system of
linear equations : 15

3x — 5y + 6z = 11
5x — llz — 28
2y+ 9z= 31
(b) Discuss the merits and demerits of direct
approach over iterative approach for
solving a system of linear equations. 5

(a) For f(x) = 4x3 — 3x2 + 8, find 63 f(x) in terms

of h, where h is an equally spaced interval.
(b) Estimate the missing term in the following
data using FD (Forward Difference)
assuming that the data is a valid
representation of a polynomial of degree 3. 12

x 1.00 1.20 1.40 1-00 F80

f(x) 2.7183 4.0552 4.9530 6.049

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4. Attempt any two parts of (a), (b) and (c) below :
4
(a) Approximate the value of dx using
4 — 3x
3
the Trapezoidal rule, using five equal parts
of the interval [3, 4]. 10
(b) Using Euler's method, tabulate the solution
of the Initial Value Problem (IVP)
y' = — 3ty2 , y(0) = 1 in the interval [0, 1],
using h = 0-2. 10
(c) From the data given in the table below,
find y' = dx
—Z. at x = 2.75 using Forward

Difference. 10

x 1.5 2-0 2-5 3-0 3.5

y = f(x) 1.2247 14142 1.5811 1.7320 1.8708

5. (a) Using 8-decimal digit floating-point

representation (4 digits for mantissa,
2 digits for exponent, and one each for sign
of exponent and mantissa), represent the
following numbers (use chopping, if
required) :
(i) — 76.384
(ii) 0.00079542
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 (b) Is `+' associative when a = 0.2134 x 10 5;
b = 0.2354 x 103 and c = — 0.2142 x 101 are
three floating-point numbers to be added,
in this order ? You are required to find out
whether (a + b) + c = a + (b + c). 10

(c) Explain the following two concepts with a

suitable example for each : 6
(i) Chopping error
(ii) Rounding error

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