For a given equation, f(x) = xe* Compute the derivative at x = 2 using forward,...

 

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For a given equation, f(x) = xe* Compute the derivative at x = 2 using forward, backward and centered finite divided difference to estimate the first derivative using step size of h = 0.2 and (a) 0.4. Based on your results of Q5(a), illustrate the effect of step size on the accuracy of results. (b) For a given equation, f(x) = xe* Compute the derivative at x = 2 using forward, backward and centered finite divided difference to estimate the first derivative using step size of h = 0.2 and (a) 0.4. Based on your results of Q5(a), illustrate the effect of step size on the accuracy of results. (b)