Engineering Numerical Methods Assignment 1 Name Due at the beginning of Lecture 2 Instructions Perform the indicated calculation with Matlab and a Slide Rule. Provide the following information. 1. Slide Rule answer 2. Matlab answer 3. Is your answer precise enough for the problem? 4. What is a reasonable number of significant digits, given the input data? Problem 1 You are helping a friend to write a paper, and have been asked to calculate the number of steps a person would take if they walked from New York to Washington, D.C. Google provides a distance of 225 miles. You will need to determine the average stride length of a person. Make sure you cite sources. Slide Rule Answer Matlab Answer Precision Significant Digits Engineering Numerical Methods Assignment 1 Name Due at the beginning of Lecture 2 Instructions Perform the indicated calculation with Matlab and a Slide Rule. Provide the following information. 1. Slide Rule answer 2. Matlab answer 3. Is your answer precise enough for the problem? 4. What is a reasonable number of significant digits, given the input data? Problem 1 You are helping a friend to write a paper, and have been asked to calculate the number of steps a person would take if they walked from New York to Washington, D.C. Google provides a distance of 225 miles. You will need to determine the average stride length of a person. Make sure you cite sources. Slide Rule Answer Matlab Answer Precision Significant Digits