CARLETON UNIVERSITY

DEFERRED EXAMINATION
June 2012

AUTHORIZED MEMORANDA
NON-PROGRAMMABLE, NON-GRAPHIC CALCULATORS

dy 4x3
1. If y is the solution of the initial-value problem = 2 , y(0) = 2, then y(1) =
dx 3y

(a) 31/3 (b) 81/3 (c) 21/3 (d) 91/3

dy
2. If y is the solution of the initial-value problem x − y = x2 cos(x), y(π) = π, then

π  dx
y =
2
π
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) π (d)
2
dy 1
3. Solve the differential equation x3 − x2y + y 3 = 0 by a suitable substitution.
dx 2
x2 x y y2
(a) 2 = ln |x| + C (b) = ln |x| + C (c) = ln |x| + C (d) 2 = ln |x| + C
y y x x
d
4. The general solution of the exact equation (2xy + ey ) + (x2 + xey + 4y) y = 0 is
dx

(a) x2 y − xey − 2y 2 = C (b) x2y − xey + 2y 2 = C (c) x2 y + xey − 2y 2 = C

(d) x2 y + xey + 2y 2 = C

5. The solution of the initial-value problem xy
+ y = ex, y(1) = 0, satisfies y(2) =

e2 − e e − e2
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) 0
2 2
6. The general solution of the differential equation y

+ 3y = 0 is
√ √
3x −3x 3x
(a) c1 cos(3x)
√ + c2 sin(3x)√ (b) c1 e + c2 e (c) c1 e + c2 e −3x

(d) c1 cos( 3 x) + c2 sin( 3 x)

7. The general solution of the differential equation y

− y
− 6y = 0 is

(a) c1 e3x + c2 e−2x (b) c1 e−3x + c2 e2x (c) c1 e3x + c2 e2x (d) c1 e−3x + c2 e−2x
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8. The solution of the initial-value problem y

− 2y
+ y = 0, y(0) = 0, y
(0) = 1, is

(a) y = xex (b) y = ex (c) y = ex + xex (d) y = ex − xex

9. The general solution of the differential equation y

+ 4y
+ 5y = e−2x is

(a) y = e−2x[1 + c1 cos(x) + c2 sin(x)] (b) y = e−2x [c1 cos(x) + c2 sin(x)]

(c) y = e2x[c1 cos(x) + c2 sin(x)] (d) y = e2x[1 + c1 cos(x) + c2 sin(x)]

10. The general solution of the differential equation x2 y

+ 2xy
− 6y = 0 is

(a) y = c1x3 + c2 x2 (b) y = c1x−3 + c2 x−2 (c) y = c1 x3 + c2x−2

(d) y = c1 x−3 + c2 x2
 
x
= 8x − 18y
11. Two linearly independent solutions of the system are
y
= 3x − 7y
           
2t 3 −t 2 2t 2 −t 3 2t 1 −t 1
(a) e ,e (b) e ,e (c) e ,e
1 1 1 1 3 2
   
1 1
(d) e2t , e−t
2 3

∞
3n+1
12. The sum of the series is
n=0
4n

(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 1

13. Which of the following three series converge(s)?


∞
1 ∞
2 ∞
n+1
(i) (ii) √ (iii)
n=1
n2 + 1 n=1
n n=1
3n + 5

(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) (b) (iii) only (c) (i) and (iii) (d) (i) only

14. Which of the following three series converge(s) conditionally?


∞
(−1)n ∞
(−1)n ∞
(−1)n n
(i) (ii) (iii) √
n=0
n+1 n=0
n3 + 2 n=0
n2 + 1

(a) (i)and (iii) (b) (i) only (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
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∞
n(x − 3)n
15. The radius of convergence of the power series is
n=0
2n+1
1
(a) R = 1 (b) R = 2 (c) R = (d) R = ∞
2

∞
(x − 1)n
16. The interval of convergence of the power series is
n=0
3n

(a) [−2, 4] (b) (−2, 4] (c) [−2, 4) (d) (−2, 4)

17. The coefficient

√ of x3 in the MacLaurin series (Taylor series centred at 0) of
f(x) = 1 + x is
1 1 3 3
(a) − (b) (c) − (d)
16 16 8 8
18. The coefficient of (x − 3)2 in the Taylor series of f(x) = ln(x) about a = 3 is
1 1 1 1
(a) − (b) (c) − (d)
9 9 18 18
∞
nπx 
19. Let f(x) = x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2. The half-range sine series of f is bn sin , where
n=1
2
bn =

−2(−1)n 2(−1)n −4(−1)n 4(−1)n

(a) (b) (c) (d)
nπ nπ nπ nπ
20. Let f(x) = x for −1 ≤ x ≤ 1. The Fourier series of f is

a0 
∞
+ [an cos(nπx) + bn sin(nπx)],
2 n=1

where

−2(−1)n 2(−1)n −2(−1)n

(a) an = 0, bn = (b) a0 = 2, an = , bn =
nπ nπ nπ
n n
2(−1) 2[1 − (−1) ]
(c) a0 = 2, an = , bn = 0 (d) a0 = 1, an = , bn = 0
nπ n2 π 2