EE203 Tutorial 1 Differential Equations

1. Find the general solutions of the following differential equations.

dy
x
dx
dy
(b) (1 x)
1 e y
dx
(a) e x y

2. Solve the following initial value problems.

dy
y 2 y, y 1 when x 2
dx
dy
(b) y
tan 2 x, y(0) 2
dx
dy
1
(c)
sin 2 x,
y when x 0
dx
2
(a) x

3. Find an integrating factor for each of the following equations. Then solve the equation:
(a) xdy (2 x 1) ydx xe 2 x dx
(b) xdy ( y x 3e x )dx 0, x 0 y 2 x 2
2

4. Determine whether or not the following differential equations are exact.

(a) (3x 2 y e y )dx ( x 3 xe y 2 y)dy 0
(b) (2 x y cos y)dx (4 y x sin x)dy 0

5. Show that the following equations are exact. Hence, find the solutions.

1
x

(a) ( y 3 )dy
(b)

y
dx 0
x2

(3x 2 y sin xy )dx x sin xydy 0

6. Solve the following initial value problems.

(a) ( x y) 2 dx (2 xy x 2 1)dy 0,

y(1) 1

(b) ( y 2 cos x 3x 2 y 2 x)dx (2 y sin x x 3 ln y)dy 0,

y(0) e
1

Answers
1. (a) e y xe x A
(b) 1 e y A( x 1)
2. (a) y

x
4 x

(b) y 2 4 ln | cos 2 x |
(c) y

3. (a) y

1
1
( x 1 sin 2 x)
2
2
x 2 x c 2 x
e e
2
x

xe x e 4
(b) y
1 x
2
2

4. (a) Yes
(b) No
5. (a)

1 4 y
y A
4
x

(b) x 3 cos xy A
6. (a) ( x y) 3 y( y 2 3) 4
(b) y 2 sin x x 3 y x 2 y ln y y 0