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Investigate the solution of equations, comparing the following methods, Systematic search for change of sign using a decimal search, Fixed point iteration using the Newton-Raphson method, Fixed point iteration after rearranging the equation f(x)=0 into th
... y=0) somewhere between those two points.
f(0) = 10
f(1) = -4
There is a change of sign between these points, which further confirms my theories. As this is to no decimal places at the moment, I will use Excel to break the ...
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Investigate the three different numerical methods used to solve equations.
... there is a root lying here. Once the root interval to 1 decimal place has been found, it must then be found to 2 and 3 decimal places and so on to the required number of places.
Y=x3-5x+1 can be solved ...
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Investigating the Quadratic Function
... the parabola shifts up, above the origin of the x-axis. Thusly if the value being added to the ax² is negative the parabola shifts down under the origin of the x-axis. The only exception would be where nothing is being ...
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Investigating the Quadratic Function.
... h is positive or negative the graph will be translated to left or right respectively h units. (Refer to attached graphs)
3. The vertex of the equation y = x2 is (0,0). Therefore, the vertex of y = (x - 4)2 ...
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Investigation of the Phi Function
... (not including 1) i.e. 2, 4, and 8 are divisible by the prime factor 2. This means that it is easier to calculate ?(n) by checking how many numbers less than n are divisible by its prime factors than by ...
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Investigation on Boyles law
... had taken about thirty results we re-tested them again to insure that the results were totally accurate and no error had occurred.
From our results we had taken we plotted a graph with pressure (lb/in2) on the vertical axis and volume ...
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Investigation on the Quadratic Function.
... all three parabolas is the minimum point, but for inversed parabolas it would be the maximum point. A vertex always has the coordinates ( -b / (2a), y ).
Coordinate System 2
In these three graphs, one can see that in ...
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linear correlation
... A and d if I want I wouldn't be able to change b and c because that has to kept the same.
Reciprocal graphs equation would be f(x) a/x
In this part I will have to divide x by a, a ...
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Looking at Indices
... digits after the decimal point to represent fractions of whole numbers.
10-1 = 1/10 and 10-2 = 1/100
873 59/100 is the same as
8 × 102 + 7 × 10 + 3 × 100 + 5 × 10-1 + 9 ...
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Math assignment - Families of Functions.
... same answer (y2-y1 / x2-x1).
In my second linear function graph, the gradient is negative, which means that my line will be moving downwards from left to right. The y-intercept is - 4 and the gradient is - 2. To ...
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Math Portfolio Type II - Applications of Sinusoidal Functions
... time of 0751 (7:51 A.M.) must be converted to a decimal (7.85 h).
Toronto
Location: 44?N 79?W
Date
Day
Time of Sunrise
January 1
1
7.85h
February 1
32
7.57h
March 1
60
6.88h
April 1
91
5.97h
May 1
121
5.13h
June 1
152
4.60h
July 1
182
4.62h
August 1
213
5.07h
September 1
244
5.65h
October 1
274
6.22h
November 1
305
6.87h
December 1
335
7.50h
All the values of the sunrise times for Toronto are ...
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Mathematical Investigation
... intersects. There is no phase shift in any of the graphs because the position of the periods and x intercepts of each graph is the same.
Conjectures:
(a)
The transformation of the standard sine function y= a•sin(x) by varying values of ...
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Mathematical Methods - Cables.
... linked and the plans are all based on triangles.
To begin with, one must find an expression for the cable length for each of the plans in terms of the distance a:
The first two equations, those for the "C" ...
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Mathematics Coursework - OCR A Level
... x value by 0.1. The highlighted values are the values where the y values change signs. I then searched the values between x = -1 and x = -1.1, decreasing the x value by 0.01 at a time. The change ...
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Mathematics portfolio - Translations.
... If the number is negative, the curve will be pulled downwards. Therefore the generalization extends to any function f(x).
6.
7. is the effect of translation vector of . It moves right 2 units.
is the effect of translation vector of . It ...
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Maths - Investigate how many people can be carried in each type of vessel.
... in the depths of Algebra. However, in order to solve algebra; we must take the numbers from the realistic world into the abstract world of mathematics. Hence, form equations from the problem. Firstly, I will let large canoes be called ...
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Maths change of sign coursework
... 5
X2 = 2(0)3 + 1 = 0.2
5
X3 = 2(0.2)3 + 1 = 0.216
5
X4 = 2(0.216)3 + 1 = 0.22016
5
X5 = 0.22134
X6= 0.22169
X7 = 0.22179
X8 = 0.22182
X9 = 0.22183 root to 5 s.f (took 9 ...
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Maths Coursework: Curve Fitting
... out that when Y=0, X=3, and no other number. Then once again expanded the brackets to find the formula:
Y=(x-3)(x-3) = 0
I worked out the formula to be:
Y=x2-6x+9
I could be sure that this was the correct equation because the co-ordinate was ...
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Methods for Advanced Mathematic
... make sure the result is as accurate as possible, I will repeat the process until a sufficient number of decimal places are achieved. I will calculate this to 3 decimal places.
A zoomed in of the root between -1 & 0
x ...
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Methods of
Advanced Mathematics (C3) Coursework.
... consider the function between -3 and -2 I can see I change of sign on the function from -ve to +ve.
-6
-183
-5
-97
-4
-41
-3
-9
-2
5
-1
7
0
3
1
-1
To home in on a more accurate answer I need to investigate the decimal places between -3 and -2
x
f(x)
-3
-9
-2.9
-6.889
-2.8
-4.952
-2.7
-3.183
-2.6
-1.576
-2.5
-0.125
-2.4
1.176
-2.3
2.333
-2.2
3.352
-2.1
4.239
-2
5
This ...
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My job is to investigate how many squares would be needed to make any cross shape like this build up in the same way.
... let's test it! We know the first terms is 4, so 4xn(1)+0, 4x1=4 so the answer is 4 and that is the 1st term.
Now ill do the same with the red squares
To find this equation I will need different ...
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newton raphson
... etc.
Below I will show those intervals and I will bold and highlight those where change of sign occurs in.
x
f(x)
x
f(x)
x
f(x)
x
f(x)
0.6
-0,48224
0,68
-0,00501
0,68
-0,00501
0,680700
-0,000447
0.61
-0,42714
0,681
0,00151
0,6801
-0,00436
0,680710
-0,000382
0.62
-0,37079
0,682
0,00804
0,6802
-0,0037
0,680720
-0,000316
0.63
-0,31316
0,683
0,014585
0,6803
-0,00305
0,680730
-0,000251
0.64
-0,25423
0,684
0,021144
0,6804
-0,0024
0,680740
-0,000186
0.65
-0,19397
0,685
0,027718
0,6805
-0,00175
0,680750
-0,000121
0.66
-0,13237
0,686
0,034306
0,6806
-0,0011
0,680760
-0,000056
0.67
-0,06939
0,687
0,040909
0,6807
-0,00045
0,680770
0,000010
0.68
-0,00501
0,688
0,047526
0,6808
0,000205
0,680780
0,000075
0.69
0,060803
0,689
0,054157
0,6809
0,000857
0,680790
0,000140
0.7
0,12807
0,69
0,060803
0,681
0,00151
0,680800
0,000205
I can express this interval using the Error bounds.
Change of sign method has big advantage because they provide bounds (the ...
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Newton-Raphson Method: This is a fixed-point estimation method.
... = f'(x) = 3x - 3
The Newton-Raphson formula becomes:
x n+1 = x n - x n³ - 3x + 1
3x n² - 3
I am now going to use this formula to search for the root in the interval [-2 , ...
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No Title
... = 2x3-x 2-8x+4 has roots at
x = -2, and 2.
Hence, the smallest positive root is .
(iii) From the graph, it seems that the smallest positive root is
f () = 3() 3 - () 2 - 12() + 4
= ...
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Number pyramids
... 8
You will be able to notice that by looking at 3 numbers at the base, the first row has a difference of 1, the middle number goes up by 2 and the top number goes up by 4. So ...