UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

FACULTY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT
SEMESTER I, 2015/2016
BWA 30303

TEST 2 (20%)

DURATION: 75 minutes

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

Q1

A periodic function f x is defined by

0,

f x 2,

0,

and

(a)

1
1 x ,
2
1
1
x ,
2
2
1
x 1,
2

f x f x 2 .

Sketch the graph of the function over -3<x<3.

(2 marks)

(b)

Find the Fourier series for the corresponding function.

(9 marks)

(c)

By choosing an appropriate value for x, deduce the sum of the finite series

1 1 1 1
1 ... .
4
3 5 7 9
(4 marks)

Q2

(a)

Show that u x, t f x ct g x ct is a general solution of the wave

equation utt c 2u xx , where c is a constant.
(2 marks)

(b)

Given the wave equation,

utt c 2u xx , x , t 0
u x,0 f x , ut x,0 g x
(i)

Show that the dAlemberts solution is

x ct

1
1
u x, t f x ct f x ct
g d .
2
2c x ct

(12 marks)

(ii)

2, 3 x 3
If f x
, g x 0 and c 1 . Find u x,0 and
0, x 3

u x,1 .

Next, sketch the graphs of u x,0 and u x,1 .

(11 marks)