Batch: 201(Day)

Green University of Bangladesh

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Midterm Examination (Assignment), Summer 2020
Course Code: MAT 103 Course Title: Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations and Co-ordinate Geometry
Full Marks: 15

Answer all the following THREE questions:

[The values on the right hand side indicate marks allocated for that question only and the [CO] represents
mapping of the question with one of the expected outcomes of the course.]

1. (a) Find the order and degree of the following differential equations: [CO1] 3
3
𝑑3 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
i) (𝑑𝑥 3 ) + 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 0
𝑑2 𝑦 7 𝑑𝑦
ii) = √𝑑𝑥 + 𝑦 10
𝑑𝑥 2
5
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
iii) = 𝑘[1 + (𝑑𝑥 )2]3
𝑑𝑥 2

(b) Form a differential equation for a cardioide 𝑟 = 𝑎(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃). [CO1] 2

2. (a) Solve the following differential equations using appropriate techniques: [CO2] 3

𝑑𝑦
i) 𝑒 𝑥 𝑦 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑒 −𝑦 + 𝑒 −2𝑥−𝑦

𝑑𝑦
ii) 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 − (1 + 𝑥)𝑦 = 𝑥𝑦 2

(b) Determine whether the following differential equation is exact or not? If [CO2] 2
exact, solve it:
𝑦
(1 + 𝑙𝑛𝑥 + ) 𝑑𝑥 = (1 − 𝑙𝑛𝑥)𝑑𝑦
𝑥
3. (a) The population of a community is known to increase at a rate proportional to [CO3] 3
the number of people present at time 𝑡. If the population has doubled in 40
years, how long will it take to be triple?

(b) Find the general solution of the following higher order differential equation: [CO3] 2
𝑑2𝑦 𝑑𝑦
2
−6 + 9𝑦 = 1 + 𝑥 + 𝑥 2
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥

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