Laplace Transforms Page 1 of 2

Laplace Transforms
1. Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions

(a) 2e−t (b) 3et − sin 2t (c) (10t)3

(d) 4 cos 4t − 7 sin 4t (e) sinh 3t (f) t cosh 2t

(g) t2 sin t (h) t f 0 (t) (i) t2 f 00 (t)

2. Express the following functions as single functions

 
0 x ≤ 1
 x
 x≤1
(a) f 1 ( x ) = e x 1 < x ≤ 3 (b) f 2 ( x ) = 2−x 1<x≤2
 
0 3<x 0 2≤x
 

(
3 2 1 − | x − 1| 0<x≤2
(c) f 3 ( x ) = max(− x + 2x + x − 2, 0) (d) f 4 ( x ) =
0 otherwise

3. Find the Laplace transforms of the functions in question 2.

4. Express the square wave function shown below as a sum of Heaviside

functions and hence find its Laplace transform.

1 2 3 4 5

102MP Calculus chris.pringle@coventry.ac.uk

Laplace Transforms Page 2 of 2

5. Find the inverse Laplace transforms of the following functions

a) ( p2 − 3p + 2)−1

b) p−2 ( p2 + 1)−1

c) p/( p2 − 2p + 5)

d) (2p + 1)/( p( p + 1)( p + 2))

6. Solve the following ODEs using Laplace transforms

a) y00 + 4y = 3 cos 2t, y(0) = 1, y0 (0) = 0

b) y00 − 4y = e2t + e−2t , y(0) = 0, y0 (0) = 0

c) The simultaneous equations x 0 + y0 + x = −e−t , x 0 + 2y0 + 2x + 2y = 0,

x (0) = −1, y(0) = 1.

102MP Calculus chris.pringle@coventry.ac.uk