Department of Mathematics

University of Liberia
Department Test
Math 304, Final Exam (2 hrs) 40 Marks

August 23, 2017

Answer all questions:

Question 1 [Homogeneous second order equations with constant coefficient[8 Marks]

a) y 4 + 4y 000 + 10y 00 + 12y 0 + 9y = 0 b) y 4 − 2y 000 + y = 0

Question 2 [ Non-Homogeneous Equations][8 Marks]

a.) y 00 + 5y 0 + 4y = x2 + x + 1 b.) y 00 + 9y = ex cos 2x

Question 3 [Variations of Parameters][8 Marks]

a.) y 00 + 2y 0 + y = e−x lnx b.) y 00 + y = x sin x

Question 4 [Reduction of Order][8 Marks]

a) x2 y 00 − xy 0 + 2y = 0, y1 = x sin(lnx) b) x2 y 00 − 7xy 0 + 16y = 0 y1 = x4

Question 5 [Finding linear Differential Equations with constant coefficients[8 Marks]

Find the linear DE with constant coefficient satisfied by:
a) e2x , e−x , e3x and e5x b) e−2x and ex cos 2x

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