Numerical Analysis Direct Methods
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Solve the following System of equations by Gaussian Elimination Method and round off your result upto
three significant figures after each calculation:
i) 0.789x + 0.324y - 0.127z = 0.621, iii) 0.322x + 0.586y - 0.257z = 0.438,
0.482x - 0.739y + 0.569z = 0.958 0.728x - 0.497y + 0.839z = 0.125
0.236x + 0.632y - 0.412z = 0.783 0.165x + 0.347y - 0.611z = 0.732
Answer: x ≈ 1.06, y ≈ -0.215, z ≈ 2.44 Answer: x ≈ 0.582, y ≈ 0.754, z ≈ -1.15
ii) 0.215x - 0.143y + 0.278z = 0.964 iv) 0.917x - 0.394y + 0.651z = 0.852
0.537x + 0.429y - 0.753z = 0.612 0.756x + 0.649y - 0.218z = 0.924
0.675x - 0.819y + 0.314z = 0.793 0.328x - 0.813y + 0.468z = 0.326
Answer: x ≈ 0.709, y ≈ 1.26, z ≈ 0.271 Answer: x ≈ 1.08, y ≈ 0.421, z ≈ -1.12
Solve the following System of equations by Gauss Jordan Method and round off your result upto three
significant figures after each calculation:
v) 0.421x + 0.798y - 0.135z = 0.927 vii) 0.493x - 0.249y + 0.862z = 0.374
0.263x - 0.619y + 0.473z = 0.578 0.721x + 0.612y - 0.135z = 0.529
0.695x + 0.318y - 0.842z = 0.365 0.365x - 0.945y + 0.738z = 0.226
Answer: x ≈ 1.31, y ≈ -0.398, z ≈ 1.03 Answer: x ≈ 0.879, y ≈ -0.192, z ≈ 0.428
vi) 0.629x + 0.714y - 0.263z = 0.762 viii) 0.748x + 0.295y - 0.649z = 0.514
0.852x - 0.147y + 0.935z = 0.418 0.625x - 0.382y + 0.713z = 0.863
0.513x + 0.329y - 0.647z = 0.961 0.174x + 0.412y - 0.528z = 0.759
Answer: x ≈ 1.02, y ≈ 0.481, z ≈ -0.393 Answer: x ≈ 0.873, y ≈ 0.329, z ≈ 1.07
Solve the following System of equations by Cramer’s Rule and round off your result upto three significant
figures after each calculation:
ix) 0.326x + 0.521y - 0.647z = 0.287 x) 0.574x - 0.348y + 0.782z = 0.499
0.812x - 0.149y + 0.964z = 0.639 0.935x + 0.412y - 0.689z = 0.327
0.246x + 0.387y - 0.512z = 0.752 0.318x + 0.629y - 0.764z = 0.148
Answer: x ≈ 0.957, y ≈ 0.175, z ≈ 0.906 Answer: x ≈ 0.729, y ≈ -0.0719, z ≈ 0.451