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MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRO TO SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

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Pick the most appropriate answer.


Q1. Solving an engineering problem requires four steps.  In order of sequence, the four steps are

formulate, solve, interpret, implement

solve, formulate, interpret, implement

formulate, solve, implement, interpret

formulate, implement, solve, interpret

 


Q2. One of the roots of the equation x3-3x2+x-3=0 is

-1

1
√3
3



Q3.  The solution to the set of equations

          25a+b+c=25

          64a+8b+c=71

          144a+12b+c=155

most nearly is (a,b,c) =

(1,1,1)
(1,-1,1)

(1,1,-1)
does not have a unique solution


Q4. The exact integral of is most nearly                    

-1.000

1.000

0.000

2.000



Q5. The value of dy/dx(1.0), given y=2sin(3x) most nearly is

-5.9399
-1.980

0.31402
5.99178



Q6. The form of the exact solution of the ordinary differential equation

            ,  is

Ae-1.5x+Bex
Ae-1.5x+Be-x
Ae1.5x+Be-x
Ae-1.5x+Bxe-x


      

 

Complete solution

 

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Copyrights: University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620-5350. All Rights Reserved. Questions, suggestions or comments, contact kaw@eng.usf.edu  This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant# Creative Commons License0126793, 0341468, 0717624,  0836981, 0836916, 0836805, 1322586.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.  Other sponsors include Maple, MathCAD, USF, FAMU and MSOE.  Based on a work at http://mathforcollege.com/nm.  Holistic Numerical Methods licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

 

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