Math 2Z03: Test 2 Version 1

McMaster University
Date: November 7, 2013
Duration: 80 minutes.
Instructor: A. French, D. Lozinski, T. Murphy

Name:

Student ID Number:

Instructions:
This test paper is printed on both sides of the page. There are 8 questions on pages 2
through 9. Pages 10 to 12 are blank for additional rough work.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT YOUR COPY OF THE PAPER
IS COMPLETE. BRING ANY DISCREAPANCIES TO THE ATTENTION OF THE
INVIGILATOR.
Only the Casio fx 991 calculator may be used.
The test is out of 50 marks.
For full credit you must show all your work, except where indicated.
ANSWERS MUST BE IN PEN ONLY.

Problem Points Problem Points

1 5

2 6

3 7

4 8

Total

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1. [7 marks]
Find the general solution to
x00 + 16x = 2 sin(4t)
using the method of undetermined coefficients

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2. [7 marks]
Solve
y 00 − 6y 0 + 9y = (24x2 − x)e3x
using variation of parameters.

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3. [6 marks]
A horizontal beam of length 1 is embedded (i.e. fixed) at the left end, but resting on a
wall on the right end so that it is simply supported (i.e. hinged or pinned) at the right
end. Find the downward deflection if a load w(x) = sin(πx) is applied.

We will take EI = 1, so the O.D.E. for y(x), the deflection of the beam from rest, will be

y 0000 = w(x)

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4. [5 marks]
A 1-kg mass is attached to a spring. Let x(t) be the displacement of the spring from rest.
The force of the spring is given by −kx where the spring constant is k = 12N/m. The
motion of the mass is damped by friction, the magnitude of that frictional force being
equal to 6 times the instantaneous velocity.

a) At time zero, an external force of f (t) = 8 sin(2t) is applied to the system. After a very
long time (so that you can ignore any term with eponential decay), what is the equation
of motion?

b) If there was no frictional force, propose values for the constants A and ω so that an
external force of the form
A cos(ωt)
would cause the amplitude of the motion to grow like t from resonance.

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5. [8 marks]
a) Solve
x2 y 00 − xy 0 + y = 1/x where x > 0

b) Find a homogeneous Cauchy-Euler equation whose general solutions is

y = c1 cos(7 ln x) + c2 sin(7 ln x). (1)

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6. [5 marks]
The autonomous O.D.E.
dy
= y 7 − 10 cos y
dx
has only one equilibrium (where dy/dx = 0), and that equilibrium is unstable.
Write some Matlab code to use bisection to find the value of the constant y0 for which
y = y0 is the equilibrium solution (i.e. y 7 − 10 cos y = 0).
Use -10 and +10 as the initial low and high values (that is, -10< y0 <10). Your code is
to continue until the high and low are within 1/100 of each other.

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7. [7 marks]
Given " #
−1 15
A=
−2 10
Find all eigenvalues of A.
Pick one of the eigenvalues, and find all eigenvectors associated with the eigenvalue.

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8.
a) [3 marks] The eigenvectors of 2x2 matrix A satisfy the characteristic polynomial

λ2 − 3λ + 2 = 0

Determine A if " #
2 −14 6
A =
−45 19

b) [2marks] You are given that

   
2 −8 2 16
   
X= 5  is an eigenvector of A =  a21 a22 a23 
1 a31 a32 a33

But you are only given the entries for the first row of matrix A. Knowing what it means
for X to be an eigenvector of A, what value is the associated eigenvalue of X?

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