NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Civil Engineering Department

Learning Module #15

MATH 213
FIRST ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

INVERSE LAPLACE
TRANSFORM
 8 − 3𝑠 + 𝑠2
𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞#𝟏: Find the Inverse Laplace Transform of
𝑠3
Solution:
8 − 3𝑠 + 𝑠2 8 3𝑠 𝑠2
𝐿−1 = 𝐿−1 − 𝐿−1 + 𝐿−1
𝑠3 𝑠3 𝑠3 𝑠3
8 − 3𝑠 + 𝑠2 1 1 1
𝐿−1 3
= 8𝐿−1
3
− 3𝐿−1
2
+𝐿−1
𝑠 𝑠 𝑠 𝑠
8 − 3𝑠 + 𝑠2 𝑡 3−1 𝑡 2−1
𝐿−1 3
=8 −3 +1
𝑠 3−1 ! 2−1 !
8 − 3𝑠 + 𝑠2 𝑡2 𝑡
𝐿−1 3
=8 −3 +1
𝑠 2 1
8 − 3𝑠 + 𝑠2
𝐿−1 = 𝟒𝒕𝟐 − 𝟑𝒕 + 𝟏
𝑠3
 3𝑠 + 5
𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞#𝟐: Find the Inverse Laplace Transform of
𝑠2 + 9
Solution:
−1
3𝑠 + 5 −1
3𝑠 + 5
𝐿 2
=𝐿
𝑠 +9 𝑠2 + 32
3𝑠 + 5 𝑠 1
𝐿−1 2
= 3𝐿−1
2 2
+ 5𝐿−1
𝑠 +9 𝑠 +3 𝑠2 + 32
3𝑠 + 5 𝟓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟑𝒕
𝐿−1 2
= 𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟑𝒕 +
𝑠 +9 𝟑
 5
𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞#𝟑: Find the Inverse Laplace Transform of 3
𝑠+2
Solution:

5 1 𝐿−1 𝑓(𝑠) = 𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝐿−1 𝑓(𝑠 − 𝑎) ; 𝑎 = −2

𝐿−1 3
= 5𝐿−1 3
𝑠+2 𝑠+2 1 𝑡 𝑛−1
𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒 ∶ 𝐿−1 =
2
𝑠𝑛 𝑛−1 !
5 𝑡
𝐿−1 = 5 𝑒 −2𝑡 1 𝑡2
𝑠+2 3 2 𝐿−1 =
𝑠3 2
5 𝟓 −𝟐𝒕 𝟐
𝐿−1 3
= 𝒆 𝒕
𝑠+2 𝟐
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