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INTRODUCTION TO DE-Classifying Differential Equations and Verifying Solutions

I. Choose the letter of the correct answer and justify or defend your answers.

1. Which of the following first order is linear?

1 dy 1
A. ( y−x ) dx = x e y

1 dy 1
B. (
y−x ) dx x
x
= e

1 dy 1
C. (
y−x ) dx
y
+ xy= e
x

1 dy
D. (
y−x ) dx
2
+ xy=x

2. Identify the 3rd order nonlinear DE.

dy 3 3
A. ( )
dx
+ x y −xy 3=0

d3 y d2 y
B. + y =0
dx 3 dx 2

d3 y d2 y
C. + x =0
dx 3 dx 2

d2 y 2 dy 3
D. y +y + y =0
dx 2 dx
3. Which of the following is correctly matched?

A.¿
2
B. x 2 y ' ' ' −e x y ' ' + sin x ( y ' ) =0 linear , 3 rd order

C. ¿

D. e x y ' ' ' −¿

4. Find the constant a so that ∅ ( x ) =x e 2 x is a solution to y ' +ay−e2 x =0

A. 4

B. 1

C. -1

D. -2
 dy e−xy +ay
5. Find the constant a so that e xy + y=x−1 is an implicit solution to =
dx e− xy + x
−5
A.
2
B . -2
C. -1

D. 1

3
e.
2
II. Show that the family of circles ( x +1)2 +( y−1)2=c 2 can be interpreted as two families of solution of the
dy −( x +1)
differential equations = .
dx y−3
III. Draw a direction field for the given differential equation. Based on the direction field, determine the
behavior of   as  . If this behavior depends on the initial value of   at  , describe the dependency.

y ' =5−2 y

IV Write down a differential equation of the form   whose solutions have the required
behavior as  .
1. All solutions approach  y=2
2. All solutions diverge from y=3 .
V. A spherical raindrop evaporates at a rate proportional to its surface area. Write a differential equation for
the volume of the raindrop as a function of time.