EE203 Tutorial 1 Differential Equations

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

(a) e x y

dy
x
dx

2. Solve the following initial value problems.

dy
y 2 y,
dx
dy
tan 2 x,
(b) y
dx

y 1 when x 2

(a) x

y (0) 2

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
2

(b) xdy ( y x 3 e x )dx 0, x 0 y 2 x 2

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

1
x

(a) ( y 3 )dy
(b)

y
dx 0
x2

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

5. Solve the following initial value problems.

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

y (1) 1

Answers
1. (a) e y xe x A

2. (a) y

x
4 x

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

3. (a) y

x 2 x c 2 x
e e
2
x
2

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

4. (a)

1 4 y
y A
4
x

(b) x 3 cos xy A
5. (a) ( x y ) 3 y ( y 2 3) 4