UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY, TARKWA

FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, DEC 2014

COURSE NO : MC/EL/CE 265
COURSE NAME: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
CLASS : MC/EL/CE II TIME: 3 HOURS

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SECTION ONE
ANSWER THIS SECTION ON THE QUESTION PAPER AND SUBMIT

CIRCLE OR PROVIDE YOUR RIGHT CHOICE OF ANSWERS WHERE NECESSARY

Without solving, state with justification whether the differential equation 2y3 dx + x(6y2 - 2x 2 )dy = 0 is:

1. Separable

2. Homogeneous

3. Exact

4. Linear in y

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 5. Linear in x

6. Bernoulli in y

7. Bernoulli in x


xk
8. The Laplace of the function f ( x)   is
k 1 k!
 
s k 1 
(B) 
1 k!
(A)  (C) s k 1
(D) None of the above
k 1 k! k 1 k! k 1

9. What is the order of the differential equation below?

x 2 y" + y(y' )3 - xy 4 = 0
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) none

dy
10. How many solutions does the differential equation  x 4 cos x  xe x  3 have?
dx
(A) one (B) three (C) infinitely many (D) None of the above

11. Which of the following equations is exact?

A) yy '  2 xy  yx 2 (B) xe x - x 2 y' = 2yx (C) y' - y = 0 (D) None of the above

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 12. Which of the following differential equations is separable?
I. xy '  x 2 y  3 y II. xy '  x  y III. e x y '  xy  x
(A) I only (B) II and III (C) III only (D) I and III

2 4
  dy  6  5  d 3 y  5
13. The order and degree of 1       3  are
  dx    dx 
2 1
(A) 3 and 2 (B) 3 and 4 (C) 1 and (D) 3 and
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1
14. The Laplace inverse of F ( s)  is
s ( s  a) 2

1 1 1
(A) (e at  at  1) (B) (e at  at  1) (C) 2 (e at  at  1) (D) None of the above
a a a

15. The solution of the differential equation y "  3 y '  2 y  e 3 x is

1 1 1
(A) y  c1e  x  c2e 2 x  e3 x (B) y  c1e x  c2 e 2 x  e 3 x (C) y  c1e  x  c2e 2 x  e3 x
2 2 2

(D) None of the above

16. The Wronskian of tan x and e x is

(A) e x (1- tan x ) (B) e-x (sec-1) 
(C) e x sec 2 x  1  (D) None of the above

17. The general solution of ( x 2  ay)dx  (ax  y 2 )dy is

(A) x 3  y 3  axy  c (B) x 3  y 3  3axy  c (C) x 3  y 3  3axy  c (D) None of the above

dy
18. For the differential equation (D. E) x  y which of the following is true?
dx
(A) The D. E is first order linear and nonhomogeneous (B) The D. E is second order nonlinear and
nonhomogeneous (C) The D. E is second order nonlinear and homogeneous (D) The D. E is first order
nonlinear and nonhomogeneous

d2y dy
19. The particular integral of the differential equation 2
 6  9 y  e 3 x is
dx dx
e 3x x 2e3x xe 3x
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of the above
2! 2! 2!

dy
20. The integrating factor of (1  x 2 )  xy  (1  x 2 ) 3 is
dx
1
(A) 1  x 2 (B) ln(1  x 2 ) (C) e tan x
(D) None of the above

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 SECTION TWO
ANSWER THIS SECTION IN THE ANSWER BOOKLET PROVIDED
ANSWER ONLY ONE SET OF QUESTIONS

Q1

a. Consider a pond that initially contains 10 gal of fresh water. Water containing an undesirable
chemical flows into the pond at the rate of 0.5 gal/sec and the mixture in the pond flows out at the
same rate. The concentration γ(t) of chemical in the incoming water varies periodically with time
according to the expression γ (t ) = 2 + sin 2t g/gal. Construct a mathematical model of this flow
process and determine the amount of chemical in the pond at any time.

d2y 
b. Find the general solution of the differential equation  y  sec x 0x
dx 2 2

dI
c. The equation  K ( P0  rt ) I   KI 2 models a system that satisfied Bernoulli’s equation.
dt
Transform the equation into a linear form and find the integrating factor.

Q2.
a. The current I flowing in a particular electrical circuit satisfies the first order linear differential
dI
equation L  RI  V0 sin t , where L, R, V0 and  are positive constants that give information
dt
about the circuit. Show that the current I(t) at time t given that I (0)  0 is
V0
R R
t 
L  sin t   cos t  e L 
R 2
 L 
 2   2   
L 
di i 2  t t 2  i 2
b. Assuming the homogeneous differential equation  , t  0 models the flow of
dt it
current in a certain circuit. Find the general solution of i (t ) .

c. Determine the integral curves that are described by the differential equation
y cos xdx  (2 sin x  3 y)dy  0 .

Aidoo J. Steve

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