Final Exam MATH 150: Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations 25th May 2011

Answer ALL questions using the required method if specified Full mark: 100 Time allowed 2.5 hours

Directions This is a closed book exam. You may write on the front and back of
the exam papers.

Student Name: Student Number:

Question No. (mark) Marks

1 (15) 2 (15) 3 (15) 4 (20) 5 (15) 6 (20)

Total

Question 1 (mark: 15) For the equation:

Score:

dy ty ( 4 y ) = dt 1+ t
(1) Find out the general solution y = y (t ) in its explicit form for y > 0 and t > 0 . (2) Find out the particular solution of the above equation with the initial condition y (0) = 2 . (3) From the general solution in (1), determine the limiting value of y as t + .

Question 2 (mark: 15) Find the solution x = x (t ) of the initial value problem:

Score:

  + 4 x = e 2t + 2te 2t , x 4x

 (0) = 4 . x(0) = 1 and x

(You must use the method of undetermined coefficients.)

Question 3 (mark: 15) Find the solution y = y (t ) of the initial value problem:

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  + 2 y = cos t + ( t 2 ) , y (0) = 0 and y  (0) = 0 . y + 2y

Question 4 (mark: 20) For the initial value problem:

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 y + y = g (t ) ,
0t < 3,  (0) = 1 . with g ( t ) = cos ( 2t ) , t < 2 , y (0) = 0 and y 0, 2 t <

(1) Graph the function g ( t ) . (A sketch is enough.) (2) Express the function g ( t ) in terms of step (Heaviside) functions. (3) Take the Laplace Transform of g ( t ) . (4) Find the solution y = y (t ) of the above initial value problem.

Question 5 (mark: 15) Find the solution of the initial value problem:
dx = 2x 5 y x ( 0 ) 0 dt , with = . y ( 0 ) 1 dy = 4 x 2 y dt 5

Score:

(Attention: Solve the problem using matrices)

Question 6 (mark: 20) For the system of first order linear equations
 = AX X

Score:

1 2 x (t )  dX ( t ) , , and with X ( t ) = A X t = = () dt 2 y ( t )

1 8 . 1 2

(Attention: Answer the following questions using matrices) (1) Find out the real-valued general solution of the above system. (2) Determine the arbitrary coefficients in the general solution in (1) by using the initial condition X ( 0 ) = . (3) Determine the limit of X ( t ) as t + .
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