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University of Wolverhampton Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering

This document provides instructions and questions for a module assessment. It includes details like the module code and leaders, assessment details such as the due date and percentage of the module mark, learning outcomes, and 6 questions related to numerical integration, descriptive statistics, impedance, forces, differential equations, and determining maximum and minimum values from a graph. Students are to provide worked solutions and analysis in Microsoft Word and Excel format.

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University of Wolverhampton Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Engineering

This document provides instructions and questions for a module assessment. It includes details like the module code and leaders, assessment details such as the due date and percentage of the module mark, learning outcomes, and 6 questions related to numerical integration, descriptive statistics, impedance, forces, differential equations, and determining maximum and minimum values from a graph. Students are to provide worked solutions and analysis in Microsoft Word and Excel format.

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University of Wolverhampton

Faculty of Science and Engineering


School of Engineering
Module Assessment

Module 4MA007

Module Leader Ruth Fairclough

Module Tutor B.S Wijerathne

Semester 1

Year 2020-21

Assessment 1

% of module mark 50%

Due Date 15/02/2021

Hand-in – what? Worked solutions to the questions below

Hand-in- where? The assignment should be uploaded to the canvas

Pass mark 40%

Method of retrieval Re-sit a similar coursework

Feedback Given in the form of comments on the script

Collection of marked work Final marks will be entered into e-vision.

Learning outcomes:
LO1 .Identify the applicability of different mathematics to relevant engineering problems
LO2 Apply a range of mathematical tools appropriate to engineering systems and processes.
LO4 Use appropriate computer software to solve mathematical problems
Please note that this is an individual assignment. Collusion will be treated as academic
misconduct.
Use MS EXCEL where necessary to show your workings/graphs for the solutions. All
illustrations and details should be given in a report format prepared using MS WORD. In
addition EXCEL sheet tables should be given in the report where necessary.

Error analysis of Numerical Integration

1.i) Estimate the following integral correct up to 6 decimal places using,

a) Trapezoidal rule

b) Mid-ordinate rule

c) Simpson’s rule

considering 2,4 and 8 intervals for each method.

𝑦 = ∫ 6𝑥 5 𝑑𝑥 (9 marks)
0

(4 marks)
ii) Find the solution of the above problem using integration (analytical method)

iii) Calculate the absolute error for each of the estimates. (9 marks)

iv) Show that the error of trapezoidal and mid-ordinate rule is proportional to 𝑑 2 (18 marks)

( 𝑑 = 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙) and error of Simpson’s rule is proportional to 𝑑 4 .


Descriptive Statistics

2. The following are the lengths of time a sample of electric lamps from a certain batch lasted,
in hours, to the nearest hour;

Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Time(hours) 695 716 730 689 700 726 662 681 724 676

Sample 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Time(hours) 732 697 722 656 701 721 714 708 702 666

i) Calculate mean and median of the samples. (2 marks)

ii) Calculate the standard deviation of the samples. (3 marks)

iii) Find whether the above data set comes from a normal distribution. (8 marks)

3. An alternating voltage of 230V, 50Hz is connected across an impedance of

(80− j 150)Ω. Determine the resistance and the capacitance.

Figure 1 (5 marks)
4. Find the magnitude of the forces acting upon joints 1,2 and 3 (J1,J2 and J3) for the
following system (figure 2 on page 3)

i) Using the force diagram(Find the answers correct to 2 decimal places)

(20 marks)
Figure 2
𝑑𝑃
5. A population is modelled by the differential equation = 0.7𝑃 where P denotes the
𝑑𝑡
population at a given time t in years.If the initial population is 800, solve the
differential equation to find the following,
i) Population after 6 months
ii)Population after 4 years
(10 marks)

6. . a) Determine the coordinates of the maximum and minimum values of the following graph.

𝑥3 𝑥2 5
y= − − 6𝑥 +
3 2 3

(12 marks)

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