Recent questions in Engineering Mathematics

For the equation $$\frac{d^{3}y}{dx^{3}} + x \left ( \frac{dy}{dx} \right )^{\frac{3}{2}}+ x^{2}y=0$$ the correct description isan ordinary differential equation of order...

Consider the following recursive iteration scheme for different values of variable $P$ with the initial guess $x_{1} =1$: $$x_{n + 1} = \frac{1}{2}\left ( x_{n} + \frac{P...

The Fourier cosine series of a function is given by : $$f\left ( x \right ) = \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} f_{n} \cos nx$$ For $f\left ( x \right ) = \cos^{4} x$, the numerical ...

Let max $\{a, b\}$ denote the maximum of two real numbers $a$ and $b$. Which of the following statement(s) is/are $\text{TRUE}$ about the function $f(x) = \text{max}\{3 -...

Consider the differential equation $$\frac{\mathrm{dy} }{\mathrm{d} x} = 4 \left ( x + 2 \right ) - y$$ For the initial condition $y = 3$ at $x = 1$, the value of $y$ at ...

A set of observations of independent variable $(x)$ and the corresponding dependent variable $(y)$ is given below.$$\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline\text{x} & 5 & 2 & 4 & 3 \\...

At a traffic intersection, cars and buses arrive randomly according to independent Poisson processes at an average rate of $4$ vehicles per hour and $2$ vehicles per hour...

The value of $\lim \limits_{x\rightarrow \infty } \dfrac{x \:\text{ln}\left ( x \right )}{1+x^{2}}$ is$0$$1.0$$0.5$$\infty$

The unit normal vector to the surface $X^{2} + Y^{2} + Z^{2} – 48 = 0$ at the point $(4, 4, 4)$ is $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$$\frac{1}{\sq...

If $\text{A}$ is a square matrix then orthogonality property mandates$AA^{T}=I$$AA^{T}=0$$AA^{T}=A^{-1}$$AA^{T}=A^{2}$

The value ($\textit{round off to one decimal place}$) of $\int_{-1}^{1}x\:e^{\left | x \right |}dx$ is ______________

If $\text{k}$ is a constant, the general solution of $\dfrac{dy}{dx}-\dfrac{y}{x}=1$ will be in the form of$y=x\text{ ln}(kx)$$y=k\text{ ln}(kx)$$y=x\text{ ln}(x)$$y=xk\t...

The smallest eigenvalue and the corresponding eigenvector of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & -2 \\ -1 & 6 \end{bmatrix}$, respectively, are$1.55$ and $\begin{Bmatrix} 2.0...

A function is defined in Cartesian coordinate system as $f(x,y)=xe^{y}$. The value of the directional derivative of the function ($\textit{in integer}$) at the point $(2,...

If $P=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$ and $Q=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ then $Q^{T}\:P^{T}$ is$\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2 \\ 3 & 4 \end{bmatri...

The shape of the cumulative distribution function of Gaussian distribution isHorizontal lineStraight line at $45$ degree angleBell-shaped$S$-shaped

The volume determined from $\int \int \int _{V}\:8\:xyz\:dV$ for $V=\left [ 2,3 \right ]\times \left [ 1,2 \right ]\times \left [ 0,1 \right ]$ will be ($\textit{in integ...

The solution of the second-order differential equation $\dfrac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}+2\dfrac{dy}{dx}+y=0$ with boundary conditions $y\left ( 0 \right )=1$ and $y\left ( 1 \righ...

The value of $\int_{0}^{1}\:e^{x}\:dx$ using the trapezoidal rule with four equal subintervals is$1.718$$1.727$$2.192$$2.718$

The value of abscissa $(x)$ and ordinate $(y)$ of a curve are as follows:$$\begin{array}{|cl|cI|}\hline&x & y\\ \hline & \text{$2.0$} & \text{$5.00$} \\ \hline & \text{$2...

In the following partial differential equation, $\theta$ is a function of $t$ and $z$, and $D$ and $K$ are functions of $\theta$$$D(\theta)\frac{\partial^2\theta}{\partia...

The true value of $\ln(2)$ is $0.69$. If the value of $\ln(2)$ is obtained by linear interpolation between $\ln(1)$ and $\ln(6)$, the percentage of absolute error (round ...

The area of an ellipse represented by an equation $\dfrac{x^2}{a^2}+\dfrac{y^2}{b^2}=1$ is$\dfrac{\pi ab}{4} \\$$\dfrac{\pi ab}{2} \\$$\pi ab \\$$\dfrac{4\pi ab}{3}$

For the Ordinary Differential Equation ${\large\frac{d^2x}{dt^2}}-5{\large\frac{dx}{dt}}+6x=0$, with initial conditions $x(0)=0$ and ${\large\frac{dx}{dt}}(0)=10$, the s...

A continuous function $f(x)$ is defined. If the third derivative at $x_i$ is to be computed by using the fourth order central finite-divided-difference scheme (with step ...

If $C$ represents a line segment between $(0,0,0)$ and $(1,1,1)$ in Cartesian coordinate system, the value (expressed as integer) of the line integral$$\int_C [(y+z)dx+(x...

Consider the system of equations$$\begin{bmatrix}1&3&2 \\2&2&-3 \\ 4&4&-6 \\ 2&5&2 \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} x_1 \\ x_2 \\ x_3 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 1 ...

The ordinary differential equation $\dfrac{d^2u}{dx^2}$$- 2x^2u +\sin x = 0$ islinear and homogeneouslinear and nonhomogeneousnonlinear and homogeneousnonlinear and nonho...

The value of $$\lim_{x\to\infty}\dfrac{\sqrt{9x^2+2020}}{x+7}\:\text{is}$$$\dfrac{7}{9}$$1$$3$indeterminable

The integral $\int\limits_{0}^{1} (5x^3 + 4x^2 + 3x + 2) dx$ is estimated numerically using three alternative methods namely the rectangular,trapezoidal and Simpson’s rul...

The following partial differential equation is defined for $u:u (x,y)$$$\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2}; \space y\geq0; \space x_1\leq x...

A fair (unbiased) coin is tossed $15$ times. The probability of getting exactly $8$ Heads (round off to three decimal places), is _______.

Velocity distribution in a boundary layer is given by $\dfrac{u}{U_\infty} = \sin\large \left( \dfrac{\pi}{2}\dfrac{y}{\delta} \right)$, where $u$ is the velocity at vert...