BCA 4th Semester
Numerical Method Board Question Paper 2020

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Tribhuvan university

Faculty of Humanities & Social Science
OFFICE OF THE DEAN

2020

Bachelor In Computer Application

Course Title: Numerical Method

Code No: CACS 252

Semester:IV

Full Marks:60 Pass Marks:24 Time:3 hours

Candidates are required to answer the question in their own words as far as possible.

Group A
Group B
Attempt any SIX question.
[6x5=30]
2.

Why is the study of errors important to a computational scientist? Differentiate between inherent and numerical errors.

3.

Find the root of equation \( x^2 + 4x - 10 = 0 \) using bisection method where root lies between 5 and 6.

4.

Find the square root of 3,5 using second order Lagrange interpolation polynomial using the following data table.
\[ \begin{array}{c|cccc} x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\ \hline f(x) & 1 & 1.4142 & 1.7321 & 2 & 2.2361 \\ \end{array} \]

5.

Write a program to calculate the integral using Trapezoidal Rule.

6.

Solve the following set of equations using Gauss-Jordan Method.
\(3x-5y+2z=15\)
\(4xy+z=2\)
\(x-3y+7z=22\)

7.

Use classical Runge-Kutta method to estimate \( y(0.2) \) when \( y'(x) = x^2 + y^2 \) with \( y(0) = 0 \) and \( h = 0.2 \).

8.

Solve the Poisson equation \( \nabla^2 f = 2x^2 y^2 \) over the square domain \( 0 \leq x \leq 3 \) and \( 0 \leq y \leq 3 \) with \( f = 0 \) on the boundary and \( h = 1 \).

Group C

Attempt any TWO questions

[2x10=20]
9.

a) Factorize the matrix \( \begin{array}{|c c c|} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 3 & 22 \\ 3 & 22 & 82 \\ \end{array} \) Using Cholesky's method.
b) Locate the root of equation \( x^2 + x - 2 \) using the fixed point method.

10.

a) Fit a straight line to the following set of data points.

\(x\)134689
\(y\)134457

b) Differentiate between ordinary and partial differential equations with their applications.

11.

Given the data points:

\(i\)012
\(x_i\)234
\(f_i\)4916
Estimate the function value \( f \) at \( x = 2.5 \) using cubic splines.