LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

MTH 304 - Differential Equations
Online Final Exam (part A), Spring 2021
Duration: 30 minutes
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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This part consists of three questions.To receive full credits, you have to justify your answers.

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1. [7 Points]
Find a third order differential equation whose general solution is y(t) = C1 et cos(2t)+C2 et sin(2t)+
C3 e−t + sin(t).

2. [13 Points]
Use the method of Laplace Transforms to solve the initial value problem
(
t 0 ≤ t < π,
y 00 + y =
−t, t ≥ π.

with y(0) = 0 and y 0 (0) = 0.

1 1 1 1 1 s
Hint: = 2− 2 and = − 2
s2 (s2+ 1) s s +1 2
s(s + 1) s s +1
 Table 1: Table of Laplace transforms

f (t) = L−1 (F (s)) F(s)=L{f(t)}

1
1 , s>0
s
1
eat , s>a
s−a
n!
tn , n is a positive integer , s>0
sn+1
b
sin(bt) , s>0
s2 + b2
s
cos(bt) , s>0
s + b2
2

e−cs
uc (t) , s>0
s
uc (t)f (t − c) e−cs F (s), s > 0

ect f (t) F (s − c), s > 0