U NIVERSITY OF THE W ITWATERSRAND, J OHANNESBURG

School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

Applied Ordinary Differential and Difference Equation

12 February 2020

Tutorial 2

QUESTION ONE

Find the order and degree(if any) of the following ordinary differential equations

dy ³ ´
dy
(a) + 2x = cos dx
dx
s
µ 3 ¶2 s µ ¶2
3 d y dy
(b) = 1 +
dx 3 dx

QUESTION TWO

Find the differential equation whose general solution is

y(x) = c 1 e x + c 2 e −x + x,

where c 1 and c 2 are arbitrary constants.

QUESTION THREE

Solve the following ordinary differential equations

dy
(a) = a − b y 2, where a, b ∈ R
dx
(b) (x + y)dy + (x − y)dx = 0
dy 2x y
(c) = 2
dx x + y 2
dy
(d) = x 2 (1 + y 2 )
dx
dy
(e) = cos2 x cos2 y
dx
dy
(f) = x 2 (1 + y 2 )
dx
dy
(g) tan x +y =1
dx
p
(i) xdx + ydy = 2 x 2 + y 2 ydy