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MTH 242 Ordinary Differential Equations End of Semester Examination - 2013 Garden City University College
MTH 242 Ordinary Differential Equations End of Semester Examination - 2013 Garden City University College
Answer any six of the seven questions below by providing the solutions to each question on
the Answer Booklet. All questions carry equal marks.
d2y
b. Show that
y c1 cos x c2 sin x is a solution to the differential equation dx 2 y 0
1
3
dy 2 4 2d y
2
1 k 2
dx dx
2. a. For the differential equation
i. Find the degree.
ii. Find the order.
dy
y 2 x
i. dx
dy
xy x 1
ii. dx
f x, y
3. a. When is a function said to be homogeneous?
b. show that the following functions are homogeneous:
f x, y 2 x 2 3xy 4 y 2
i.
2x y
f x, y 2
ii. x y
i.
x 2
y 2 dx 2 xydy 0
ii.
3x y dx xdy 0; y 1 0
M x, y dx N x, y dy 0
4. a. When is a said to be exact?
b. Show that the differential equations below are exact.
i.
1 y sin x dx cos xdy 0
dy
2 xy 9 x 2 2 y x 2 1
dx
0
ii.
c. Solve the differential equations in 4b.
2
Y s
i. 3 5s
5s
Y s
ii. s 9
2
2
Y s
iii. s 16
2
i.
sin x, cos x
e , xe
x x
ii.
x 1, x 2
iii.