University of Liberia

Department of Mathematics
Math 304, Midterm Exam (2 hrs)

June 21, 2017

Answer all questions from this section:

Question 1 [Degree, Order and family of Curve[20 Marks]

6 ! 41
d2 y

dy
a.) Determine the oder and degree of = y+
dx2 dx

b.) Find the differential equation representing the family of ellipse having foci on the y-axis and the
center at the origin.
c) Show that the given function is a solution to the given differential equation

x + y = tan−1 , y2 y0 + y2 + 1 = 0

Answer any two from each section:

Question 2 [Variable Separable Differential Equations][20 Marks]

dy xdx + ydy ydx − xdy

a.) (4y+yx2 )dy−(2x+xy 2 )dx = 0 y(2) = 0 b.) = sin(x+y)+cos(x+y) 6.) c) p =
dx x2 + y 2 x2

Question 3 [Homogeneous Differential Equations][20 Marks]

    !
2 2 2 y y
a.) (x +xy+3y )dx−(x +2xy)dy = 0 b.) x sin dy = y sin −x dx c.) (2x+3y+4)dy = (x+2y+3)dx
x x

Question 4 [Exact Differential Equations][20 Marks]

a) (x + y)2 dx = (2xy + x2 − 1)dy = 0, y(1) = 1 b) (x2 y − 2xy 2 )dx − (x3 − 3x2 y)dy = 0

c) (xy sin xy + cos xy)ydx + (xy sin xy − cos xy)xdy = 0

Question 5 [Linear and Bernoulli Differential Equations][20 Marks]

a) (x + 2)2 dy = (5 − 8y − 4xy)dx b)(x2 + 6y 2 )dx − 4xydy = 2y 2 c)(2xy + x2 + x4 )dx − (1 + x2 )dy = 0

”May your road be rough.” Math Dept.