MA 30300

Practice Midterm Exam 1 (A)

NAME PUID

1. Fill in the SECTION NUMBER boxes with section number of your class (see below if
you are not sure) and blacken in the appropriate spaces.

• 0061 meets MWF 10:30- 11:20am REC 313 Erik Lundberg

• 0071 meets MWF 10:30- 11:20am MATH 175 Min Chen
• 0072 meets MWF 11:30-12:20pm REC 313 Erik Lundberg
• 0073 meets TR 1:30- 2:45pm UNIV 117 Suchuan Dong
• 0074 meets TR 12:00- 1:15pm UNIV 117 Suchuan Dong
• 0075 meets MWF 1:30- 2:20pm UNIV 219 Ha Howard
• 0076 meets MWF 12:30- 1:20pm UNIV 219 Ha Howard

2. You can use the LAPLACE TRANSFORM TABLE on the last page.

3. Fill in the 10-DIGIT PURDUE ID and blacken in the appropriate spaces.

4. Sign the mark–sense sheet.

5. Fill in your name and your PUID on the question sheets (above).

6. There are 12 questions, each worth 5 points. Blacken in your choice of the correct answer
in the spaces provided for questions 1–12 in the answer sheet. Do all your work on the
question sheets. Turn in both the mark–sense sheets and the question sheets when you
are finished.

7. Show your work on the question sheets. Although no partial credit will be given, any
disputes about grades or grading will be settled by examining your written work on the
question sheets.

8. NO CALCULATORS, BOOKS, OR PAPERS ARE ALLOWED. Use the back of the test
pages for scrap paper.

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1. (5 points) Consider the following differential equation:

2y 00 + (x + 1)y 0 + y = 0, x0 = 0

What is the recurrence relation when seeking a power series solution for it?
1 1
A. an+2 = a
2(n+2) n
+ a
2(n+2) n+1
n 1
B. an+2 = a
2(n+2)(n+1) n
+ a
2(n+2) n+1
n+1 n+1
C. an+2 = a
2(n+3)(n+2) n
+ a
2(n+3)(n+2) n+1
1 n
D. an+2 = a
2(n+2) n
+ a
2(n+2)(n+1) n+1
n+1 n+1
E. an+2 = a
2(n+2) n
+ a
2(n+2) n+1

2. (5 points) Determine a lower bound for the radius of convergence of series solution about
x0 = 1 for the given differential equation:

(x2 − 9)y 00 + xy 0 + 5y = 0

A. ρmin = 3
B. ρmin = 2
C. ρmin = 4
D. ρmin = ∞
E. ρmin = 0

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3. (5 points) Find the indicial equation at the regular singular point x0 = 1 for the following
differential equation:
x(x − 1)y 00 + 6x2 y 0 + 3y = 0

A. r2 + 5r = 0
B. r2 + 6r = 0
C. r2 + 5r + 1 = 0
D. r2 + 4r = 0
E. r2 + 6r − 1 = 0

4. (5 points) Find all singular points of the given equation and determine whether each one
is regular or irregular:
x2 (1 − x)2 y 00 + 3xy 0 + 5y = 0

A. x0 = 0 is irregular, x0 = 1 is regular
B. x0 = 0 is regular, x0 = 1 is irregular
C. x0 = 0 is regular, x0 = 1 is regular
D. x0 = 0 is irregular, x0 = 1 is irregular
E. x0 = 0 is regular, x0 = −1 is irregular

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5. (5 points) Find the inverse Laplace transform of the given function:
2s + 5
F (s) =
s2 + 2s + 10

A. f (t) = e−2t cos3t + e−t sin3t

B. f (t) = 2e−t cos9t + e−t sin9t
C. f (t) = 6e−t cost + 3e−t sint
D. f (t) = 2e−t cos3t + e−t sin3t
E. f (t) = 2e−t cost + e−t sin3t

6. (5 points) Use the Laplace transform to solve the initial value problem:

y 00 − 2y 0 + 2y = 0, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1

A. y(t) = et sinht
B. y(t) = et cost
C. y(t) = et sint
D. y(t) = et cosht
E. y(t) = e2t sin2t

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7. (5 points)
Find the solution of the given initial value problem:

y 00 + y = f (t), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 0

where 
0, t < 10
f (t) =
1, t ≥ 10

A. y(t) = u10 (t)sin(t)

B. y(t) = u10 (t)sin(t − 10)
C. y(t) = 1 − sin(t)
D. y(t) = u10 (t)[10 − sin(t)]
E. y(t) = u10 (t)[1 − sin(t − 10)]

8. (5 points) Find the solution of the given initial value problem:

y 00 + 4y = 2δ(t − 4π), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 0

A. y(t) = u4π (t)sin2(t − 4π)

B. y(t) = u4π (t)sin2(t)
C. y(t) = e−4πt sin2(t)
D. y(t) = e−4πt sin2(t − 4π)
E. y(t) = sin2(t − 4π)

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 9. (5 points) Find the Laplace transform of the given function:
Z t
f (t) = (t − τ )3 cos(τ )dτ
0

4! s
A. F (s) = s5 s2 +1
4! 1
B. F (s) = s4 s2 +1
3! 1
C. F (s) = s4 s2 +1
3! s
D. F (s) = s4 s2 +1
2! s
E. F (s) = s3 s2 +1

10. (5 points) Compute the inverse of the given matrix or else indicate that it is singular.
 
1 −2
−4 8
 
2 −1
A.
3 2
1
 
2
−1
B.
3 −2
1
 
−1 2
C.
−3 2
 1 
4
−2
D.
3 2
E. It is singular.

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11. (5 points) Find all eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix:
 
−2 1
1 −2

A. λ1 = −3, x1 = (1, 1); λ2 = −1, x2 = (−1, 1)

B. λ1 = −3, x1 = (1, 1); λ2 = −1, x2 = (1, 0)
C. λ1 = 3, x1 = (−1, 1); λ2 = 1, x2 = (1, 1)
D. λ1 = −3, x1 = (−1, 1); λ2 = −1, x2 = (1, 1)
E. λ1 = 3, x1 = (−1, 1); λ2 = −1, x2 = (1, 1)

12. (5 points) Find the general solution of the system:

 
0 2 −1
x = x
3 −2

   
1 −3t 1
A. x(t) = c1 e + c2 e3t
3 −1
   
3 −t 1
B. x(t) = c1 e + c2 et
1 1
   
1 −t 1
C. x(t) = c1 e + c2 et
3 1
   
1 −3t 1
D. x(t) = c1 e + c2 e3t
3 −1
   
3 −t 1
E. x(t) = c1 e + c2 e3t
1 1