CONFIDENTIAL CS/JAN 2012/MAT522

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

COURSE CODE MAT522
EXAMINATION JANUARY 2012
TIME 3 HOURS

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QUESTION 1

State the order of the given ordinary differential equation. Determine also whether it is linear
or nonlinear.

a) f 5 ^ _ f | + 6y=f 2
2
dt dt
(2 marks)

b) (sin0)y (4) -(cos 2 0)y' = 2tan0

(2 marks)

dx3 dx
(2 marks)

QUESTION 2

Solve the following differential equation.

a) ^=xe3x+2y
dx
(5 marks)

b) (v x 2 + l ) ^ + 3 x y = 6x
'dx
(6 marks)

QUESTION 3

a) With an appropriate substitution, prove that the following differential equation can be
transformed into separable form

^ = F ( x + y + 3).
dx

b) Hence, solve the following differential equation

^ = ( x + y + 3) 2
dx
(8 marks)

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QUESTION 4

Verify that the given differential equation is exact and hence solve it.

ipxy - y3 )dx + (ly + 3x2 - Zxy2 )dy = 0

(7 marks)

QUESTION 5

Show that the following first order differential equation is homogenous. Then find its solution.

dy _ 2(x + 2y)
dx x-y
(8 marks)

QUESTION 6

a) At 5.00 pm, a 4 kg lamb with an initial temperature of 50° F is placed in an oven. The
temperature in the oven is 375° F. After 75 minutes, the temperature of the roasted
lamb is 125° F. Determine the time when the temperature of the roasted lamb in the
oven will be 150° F?
(8 marks)

b) A 120 gallons tank initially contains 90 lb of salt dissolved in 90 gallons of water.

Suppose a brine containing 2 lb/gal of salt is allow to flow into the tank at the rate of
3 gal/min. The mixture is well stirred and the solution flows out at the rate of 2 gal/min.
How much salt will the tank contain when it is full?
(8 marks)

QUESTION 7

Solve the following initial value problem using the method of undetermined coefficients,
y" - 3 / + 2y = 3e~ x -10cos(3x),y(0) = 1 and y'(0) = 2.
(10 marks)

QUESTION 8

Verify that y = x In (x) is one of the solutions of equation 4 A - 2 / " + y = 0 . Use reduction
of order method to find the general solution.
(8 marks)

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QUESTION 9

Find the particular solution of the following equation.

y" + y = tan(x)
(10 marks)

QUESTION 10

a) A spring is stretched 2 metres by a mass weighing 100 N (newtons). The mass is then
replaced with another mass (Mass A) of 0.5 kg. Mass A is set in motion with an initial
position 1 meter below equilibrium position before being released with an upward
velocity of 5 m/sec.

i) Find the equation of motion of Mass A at time t.

(6 marks)

ii) Determine the amplitude and period of the oscillations.

(3 marks)

b) A driven LRC circuit is modeled by the equation L—^- + R— + — = E(t) where Q is

dt c
dr
the charge on the capacitor, L is the inductance, R is the resistance, C is the
capacitance and E is the driving term or input voltage. Find the steady state charge
and the steady state current when L=1 henry, R=2 ohms and C=0.25 farad and
£(0=50 cos(t).
(7 marks)

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