American River College

Math 420, Differential Equations

Dr. B. Truong

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SAMPLE EXAM # 1___

Note: These are only selected problem for the EX1.Not all problems will appear in the
real exam, but try to solve them all.
1/

a/ Find and classify the critical point(s) (CP) for the autonomous DE. Identify these
critical point(s) as asymptotically stable (attractor), unstable (repellor) or semi-stable
(saddle point).
y'

4 y2
y 1

b/ What is the largest region in which the DE possesses a unique solution?

c/

Does the initial value has a unique solution passing through the point y (1) 2 ?

2/

Find a solution for the DE subjected to the indicated initial condition:

( x 3 y 2 )dy (6 x y )dx 0 ; y(0) = 1

3/

Solve the differential equation with the IC y(0) = 1. Hint: write in standard form

4/

dy
3 2 y 2 xy .
dx
The DE ( y 3 x 3 )dx ( xy 2 )dy 0 is not exact. Solve this equation by finding an
( x 1) 2

integrating factor (x) or (y) to make it exact.

5/

Find a general solution for the Bernoulli equation

x

dy
y x2 y2
dx
y '2 e 2 y 4 x 3

6/

Solve the differential equation

7/
8/

Solve the differential equation y ' ( y 5 x) 2 1 by an appropriate substitution.

An egg is buried in 150F sand in the desert . After 3 minutes it is warmed to 80F, and
after 6 minutes, it is 100F. How long will it be ready for lunch at 140F?

9/

Solve the L-R system with the source E(t) = 100 volts , L = 1 Henry, R = 50 ohms

10/

Solve the DE :

11/

Solve the problem 4/ above by a different method.

12/

Find a second order DE with a solution y ax 3 bx 2

x/2
0

y '2 y g ( x ), where g ( x )

0 x 1
x 1

y(0) = 1