Reg. No.

B.E. DEGREE MODEL EXAMINATION, APRIL 2013

DATE : 22.04.2013

Fourth Semester
Mechanical Engineering
MA2266 STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL METHODS
Time : Three hours
Maximum : 100 marks
Answer ALL questions
Part A - (10 x 2 = 20)

1. Define Type I and Type II errors

2. Give the formula for the Chi Square test of independence for
a
c

b
d

3.
State the basic principles of design of experiments.
4. Define Randomised Block Design
N
5. Find an iterative formula to find
6. Compare Gauss Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel method
f x x3 x 2
7. Find the divided differences of
for the arguments 1,3,6,11
6

f x dx
1

8. Write down the Trapezoidal rule to evaluate

with h = 0.5
dy
x 2 y 2 , y (0) 1
dx
9. Find y(0.1) by Eulers method if
10. Write down Milnes predictor and corrector formula
Part-B ( 5 X 16 = 80 )
11. (a)(i) Test whether the sample having the values 63,63,64,55,66,69,70,70 and 71 has
been chosen from population with mean of 65 at 5% level of significance. (8)
(ii) In a random sample of 1000 persons from the city Coimbatore 400 are found to
be consumers of wheat in a sample of 800 from the city Madurai 400 are found
to be consumers of wheat. Do these data reveal a significiant difference
between the two cities, so far as the proportion of wheat consumers is
concerned.

(8)
(Or)
(b)(i) A group of 10 rats fed on diet A and another group of 8 rats fed on a different
diet B recorded the following increase in weight.
(8)
Diet A 5
B
2

6
3

8
6

1
8

12
1

4
10

3
2

9
8

10

Find if the variances are significantly different.

(ii) A die was thrown 498 times. Denoting X to be the number appearing on the top
face of it the observed frequency of X is given below
X
f

69

78

85

82

86

98
What opinion you would form

for the accuracy of the die?

(8)

12. (a)

The following data represent the number of units of production per day turned
out by 5 different workers using 4 different types of machines .
MACHINE TYPE
A
B
C
D
1
44
38
47
36
2
46
40
52
43
WORKER
S
3
34
36
44
32
4
43
38
46
33
5
38
42
49
39
(a) Test whether
the five men differ with respect to mean productivity.
(b) Test whether the mean productivity is the same for the four
different machine types.
(Or)
(b) A farmer wishes to test the effect of 4 fertilizers A, B, C, D on the yield of
wheat. The fertilizers are used in a LSD and the result are tabulated here.
Perform an analysis of variance.(8)
A18
D22
B15
C22

C21
B12
A20
D21

D25
A15
C23
B10

B11
C19
D24
A17

13. (a)(i) Solve the following equations by Gauss elimination method .

3 x 4 y 5 z 18, 2 x y 8 z 13, 5 x 2 y 7 z 20
(8)

25
1
2

1
3
0

2
0
4

(ii) Find the dominant eigen value of

, by Power method.
(Or)
0 1 1

A 1 2 0
3 1 4

A 1
(b)(i) If
, find
by Gauss-Jordan method.

(8)

(8)

(ii) Solve the following equations by Gauss Seidel method .

10 x 5 y 2 z 3, 4 x 10 y 3 z 3, x 6 y 10 z 3
(8)

y 9.5
14. (a)(i) Using Lagranges formula of interpolation find
x

given

10
1

(8)

dx

1 x

(ii) Evaluate

by Trapezoidal rule

and Simpsons rule. Hence obtain an

approximate value of .

(8)

(Or)
(b)(i) Find a polynomial of degree four which takes the values
x
y

10

0
(ii) Find
(8)

x
f x

26

58

112

y ' 1

(8)

, if

466 922
dy
x y,
dx

y 1 0

y 1.1

and get
method.

and

y 1.2

15. (a)(i) Solve

given

by Taylors series
(8)

y 0.1 , y 0.2

y 0.3

dy
x y
dx

(ii) By modified Eulers method, find

and
, if
,
y 0 1
.
(8)
(Or)
d y y2 x2

,
d x y 2 x 2 y 0 1
y 0.2 y 0.4
y 0.6
(b) If
, find
,
and
by Runge-Kutta
y 0.8
method of fourth order and hence find
by Milnes method.
(16)