UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

MODULE: B Engineering Mathematics 2 (MAT 2022)

GROUP: B Eng 1 SEMESTER II (2014/2015)

TUTORIAL SHEET#3

QUESTION # 1

(a) Use variation of parameters to find the solutions of the following differential
equations:

d2y dy ex
(i)  2  y  (ii) y  y  tan x
dx 2 dx x5
et
(iii) y  4 y  sin 2 2t (iv) y  2 y  y 
1 t2
e 2t
(v) y  4 y  4 y  (v) y  2 y  y  e  x ln x
t2

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(b) Given that y  t and y  are linearly independent solutions of
t2
t 2 y   2 y  0, find the general solution of t 2 y   2 y  3t 2  1, t  0.

Question 2

(a) Solve the following pairs of simultaneous differential equations:

dx dy
(i)  7 x  y  0,  2x  5 y  0
dt dt

d 2x d2y
(ii)  3x  4 y  0,  x y  0.
dt 2 dt 2
 dx dy 3t dy 2 t
(iii)   2x  y  e ,  5x  3 y  5e , given that, when
dt dt dt

t  0, x  1 and y  4.

(b) Solve the following homogeneous systems with constant coefficients using eigenvalues

and eigenvectors.

dx dy
(i)  x  2 y;  2 x  4 y given that x  0   1, y  0   2.
dt dt

dx dy
(ii)  3 x  y;  5 x  3 y given that x  0   1, y  0   2.
dt dt

dx dy dz
(iii)  2 x  z;  x  2 y; =3x  2 z.
dt dt dt

Question 3
Solve the following differential equations using the power series method.
(i) y  2 y  0 (ii) y  xy  y  0

(iii)  1  x  y  xy  y  0 (iv) x 2

 1 y  4 xy  6 y  0

(v) y  2 y  2 y  0; y  0   1, y  0   0

(vi) y  y  x 2 y  0; y  0   1, y  0   2