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Department of University of
Mathematics Bahrain

Final exam
Maths 205
Second Semester 2013/2014

‫‏‬Date: 12th June 2014 Time : 11:30-13:30

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Question 1 2 3 4 Total
Max mark 4,3,3 5,5 2,2,6 5,5 40
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The exam consists of 8 pages

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Question 1: (4,3,3)

a) Solve the following homogeneous differential equation

dy y 1
  y x0
dx x y
ln
x

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b) Find an integrating factor for the following DE (Do not Solve)

( 3 xy  y 2 )dx  ( x 2  xy )dy  0 .

c) Find the value of m so that the DE

(mx2 y 2  y cos xy )dx  (2 x 3 y  x cos xy )dy  0 is Exact. (Do not solve)

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Question 2: (5,5)
Solve the following higher order differential equations
a) ( D  2)( D  3)2 ( D 2  16) y  0

b) x 3 y' ' ' xy' y  0 x0

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Question 3: (2, 2,6)

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  p( x )dx   p( x )dx
a) If y1 ( x )  e 2 cos x and y2 ( x )  e 2 sin x is the homogeneous

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Solution set for the DE x 2 y' ' xy' ( x 2  ) y  0, x0
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 
Show that y1 ( x )  x 2 cos x and y2 ( x )  x 2 sin x

y1 y2
b) Find w( y1 , y2 )( x )  of part (a).
y'1 y' 2

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c) Use part (a) and (b) with variation of parameters to find the general solution of

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x 2 y' ' xy' ( x 2  ) y  x 3 / 2 , x0
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Question 4: (5,5)

a) Use Laplace transform to solve the IVP

y' '3 y'4 y  16t y(0)   4, y' (0)  5

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b) Use the Laplace Transform to solve the system

x' ( t )  y' ( t )  3 x( t )  2 y( t ) x ( 0)  1
x' ( t )  2 y' ( t )  4 y( t ) y ( 0)  0

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Table of Laplace transforms:

f ( x) F (s )  &  f (t )s  Domain of F (s )

c c s0
s
t n , n  1,2,3... n! s0
n1
s
e at 1 sa
sa
e at t n , n  1,2,3,.. n! sa
( s  a )n  1
cos bt s s0
s2  b2
sin bt b s0
s2  b2
e at cos bt sa sa
(s  a)  b2 2

e at sin bt b sa
( s  a )2  b 2
cosh bt s s b
s2  b2
sinhbt b s b
s b
2 2

Properties of Laplace:
& c1 f1  c 2 f 2   c1 &  f1 + c1 &  f 2 
e at f (t )( s)  F ( s  a) for s  a .
&  f '( s )  s &  f   f (0)
&  f ' '( s )  s &  f   sf (0)  f ' (0)
2

&  f ' ' '( s )  s &  f   s f (0)  sf ' (0)  f ' ' (0)
3 2

 (n) ( s)  s n & f   s n1 f (0)  s n2 f ' (0)  s n3 f '' (0).........  f (n1) (0)
& f

&  f   ( 1) & t f (t )

n
d n n
n
ds