Assignment No 01

Chemical Engineering 5th Semester (Fall – 2009)

Computer and Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
(ChE-331)

Q1. The function f ( x ) = x is tabulated as follows:

x 1.3 1.5 1.7
f (x ) 1.14018 1.22474 1.30384
Use linear and quadratic interpolation to estimate 1.38 . Also find the upper
and lower bounds for the truncation error in P1 (1.38) and P2 (1.38) .

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Q2. The function f ( x ) = e x is tabulated as follows:
x 0.50 0.52 0.54
f (x ) 1.28403 1.31049 1.33857
Use linear and quadratic interpolation to estimate f (0.527 ) . Also find the
upper and lower bounds for the truncation error in P1 (0.527 ) and P2 (0.527 ) .

Q3. Use the table:

x 0.2 0.4 0.6
sin x 0.199556 0.396461 0.588119
to estimate sin 0.48 by linear interpolation. Also find the upper and lower
bounds for the truncation error in this computation.

Q4. Use interpolating polynomials to estimate the population figure (in millions)
of the region on the basis of the following census figures:
Year: 1971 1981 1991 2001
Population: 294 315 319 353
for the year:
(a ) 1975
(b ) 1987
(c ) 1998

Q5. Use interpolating polynomials to estimate the production figure (in tons)
of the steel on the basis of the following data:
Year: 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001
Production of steel: 150.1 118.8 112.2 117.1 130.4 146.3
for the year:
(a ) 1992
(b ) 1996
(c ) 2005
Q6. The following values of the pressure P lb and the temperature T degrees
ft 2
Fahrenheit of steam at maximum density are given. Find the pressure when the
Temperature is 147 0 F .

Temperature T 131 140 149 158

Pressure P 327.0 414.3 520.6 649.1

Q7. The population of a certain town is shown in the table below. Estimate the population
figure for the year 1925 on the basis of the following data:
Year 1921 1931 1941 1951
Population in thousands 19.61 39.65 58.81 77.21

Q8. The following reaction data has been obtained from a simple Decay reaction A → B

Time in minutes 0 3 6 9
Concentration in moles/liter 100 65 55 49

Find the concentration in moles per liter when the time is 2 minutes.