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The University of British Columbia

MATH 215
Midterm Exam II March 2010

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This exam consists of 4 questions worth 10 marks each. No notes nor calculators.

Problem
1.

max score
10

2.

10

3.

10

4.

10

total

40

score

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(5 points) 1. (a) Use the method of reduction of order to find a second solution y2 (t) of the equation
t2 y 00 4ty 0 + 4y = 0,

t > 0;

which is independent of y1 .

(5 points)

(b) Find a particular solution of the equation

y 00 2y 0 = 4t.

y1 (t) = t

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2. Suppose the motion of a certain mass-spring system satisfies the differential equation
u00 + 2u0 + 5u = 10 cos t,

u(0) = 3,

u0 (0) = 4,

with units m, kg, and s. Here u(t) is the displacement from the equilibrium position.
(7 points)

(a) Determine the position u(t) at any time t.

(3 points)

(b) Identify the transient and steady state parts of the solution. Find the amplitude of the
steady state part.

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(10 points) 3. Use Laplace transform to find the solution of the initial value problem
(
1 if 0 t < 3
y 00 + 2y 0 + y =
0 if t 3
y(0) = 0,

y 0 (0) = 0.

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(7 points) 4. (a) Use Laplace transform to find the solution of the initial value problem
y 00 + 4y 0 + 5y = (t 3),

y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0.

Z
(3 points)

(b) Find the Laplace transform of the function f (t) =

0

sin(t )e2 d .

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Table of Laplace transforms

f (t) = L1 {F (s)}
1. 1
2. eat
3. tn , n positive integer
4. tp , p > 1
5. sin(at)
6. cos(at)
7. sinh(at)
8. cosh(at)
9. eat sin(bt)

F (s) = L{f (t)}

1
, s>0
s
1
, s>a
sa
n!
, s>0
n+1
s
(p + 1)
, s>0
sp+1
a
, s>0
2
s + a2
s
, s>0
s2 + a2
a
, s > |a|
2
s a2
s
, s > |a|
2
s a2
b
, s>a
(s a)2 + b2

10. eat cos(bt)

sa
,
(s a)2 + b2

11. tn eat , n positive integer

n!
,
(s a)n+1

12. uc (t)

ecs
,
s

13. uc (t)f (t c)

ecs F (s)

14. ect f (t)

F (s c)

15. f (ct)
Z t
16.
f (t )g( )d

s>a
s>a

s>0

1 s
F
,
c
c

c>0

F (s)G(s)

17. (t c)

ecs

18. f (n) (t)

sn F (s) sn1 f (0) ... f (n1) (0)

19. (t)n f (t)

F (n) (s)