Revision exercises

1. Determine the Laplace transforms:

a ¿ L {e sin 2t } ; b ¿ L { e cos 7 t } ;
−3 t 5t

c ¿ L {7 t +4 t 2−8 sin3 t } ; d ¿ L { 8 t 3 e−6 t }

2. Find the inverse Laplace transforms:

a ¿ L−1
{ 3
2 }
( s +1 ) + 4
; b ¿ L−1 2
1
s +25{; c ¿ L−1
} s−4
2
( s +2 ) + 9 {
; d ¿ L−1
7
( s−6 )3 } { }

3. Use the table of Laplace transforms and the first shift theorem to find the Laplace
transforms of the following functions:

a ¿ L { 7 t 2 e 5 t } ; b ¿ L { sin3 t e2 t } ; c ¿ L { cos 5 t e−4 t }

4. Find the inverse Laplace transforms for the following functions:

a ¿ L−1
{ 2
3s
s +25 }
; b ¿ L−1
2
2 {
( s +3 ) +4
; c ¿ L−1 2
s +8
}
s +4 s+ 20 { }
5. Use the second shift theorem to find the function f (t ) with the following Laplace
transforms:
−7 s
e
−3 s
3s e (5 s−14 ) e
−6 s
a ¿ F ( s) = 2 ; b ¿ F ( s) = 2 ; c ¿ F ( s )= 2
s + 49 s +8 s+20 s −5 s+ 4

6 Find the Laplace transform of the function

{
t−5
a ¿ f ( t )= e , t>5
0 , t<5

{
b ¿ f ( t )= 6 sin 3(t−7), t>7
0 ,t <7
7. Solve the following initial value problem using the Laplace transform method:

d x1 d x2
=x 1+2 x 2 , =2 x1−2 x 2
dt dt

x 1 ( 0 )=2 , x 2 ( 0 )=1

8. Use Laplace transforms to solve the initial value problem

d2 y
2
+4 y=δ ( t−3 ) ,
dt

dy
with y ( 0 )=1 and ( 0 ) =0
dt

9. Find the vector equation of the line which passes through the points A(2 , 1 ,−4) and
B(−3 , 4 ,5).

10. Write the equation of the plane through the points A ( 1 ,2 ,−1 ) , B(3 , 4 ,2) and
C (6 ,−2 , 7).

11. Find the angle between two planes P1 :3 x−2 y + z=5

P2 :−2 x+ 3 z =−7

12. Determine the point of intersection between the line

x=2+t
y=2+3 t
z=9+ 8 t
and the plane 2 x−4 y+ z =6 .

13. Consider the two planes 2 x− y +3 z=−2 and x−3 z=1. Find their line of
intersection and the angle between these two planes.