Questions 41–50 of 87. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

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Question 37

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Which one of the following equations will fail to converge to a root with an initial guess value of

, using the Newton-Raphson method?
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Question 42

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For a

matrix, the value of the determinant is −48 and the trace is 8. If one of the eigenvalues is 4, the other two are ________
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Question 61

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The integral of the function

estimated by the trapezoid rule with a single segment from

to

is __________ (round off to 1 decimal place).

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Question 64

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A set of 11 (x, y) data points is least-squares fitted to a quadratic polynomial. If the sum of squares of error is 2.4, the variance of error is ________ (round off to 1 decimal place).

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Question 7

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A box contains 15 blue balls and 45 black balls. If 2 balls are selected randomly, without replacement, the probability of an outcome in which the first selected is a blue ball and the second selected is a black ball, is ______
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Question 1

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For the matrix given below, the eigenvalues are:
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Question 2

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Which one of the following is a homogeneous function of degree three?
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Question 3

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The divergence of a vector field

, where its three components

are functions of

, is:
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Question 14

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The value of

is: __________ (round off to nearest integer).

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Question 15

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The grain size (X) of annealed specimens follows a symmetric distribution with a mean (μ) of 5 μm and a standard deviation (σ) of 0.5 μm. The percentage of specimens with grain size in the range 5 to 6 μm is expected to be: __________ (round off to nearest integer).
Given: For the symmetric distribution: Probability P(X ≤ μ + 2σ) = 0.98

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