Differential Equations

1. Determine the order of the differential A. tanx + tany + c

equation: B. arctanx - arctany + c
3 7 2 C. tanx - tany + c
 d2 y   dy  3  dy 
 2   3y    y    5x D. arctanx + arctany + c
 dx   dx   dx 
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 9. Obtain a particular solution for the following
differential equation, given x = 2 and y = 3.
2. Determine the degree of the differential 2xyy' = 1 + y2
equation: A. y = sqrt(5x - 1)
3 7 2 B. y = sqrt(2x + 1)
 d2 y   dy  3  dy 
 2   3y    y    5x C. y = sqrt(x - 1)
 dx   dx   dx  D. y = sqrt(3x + 2)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
10. Solve for the general solution of the following
3. Eliminate the arbitrary constant in the following differential equation:
equation: 3(3x2 + y2)dx - 2xydy = 0
x3 – 3x2y = c A. x3 = c(x2 + 9y2)
A. (x – 2y)dx – xdy = 0 B. x2 = c(9x2 + y2)
B. (x + 2y)dx – xdy = 0 C. x3 = c(9x2 + y2)
C. (x – 2y)dx + xdy = 0 D. x2 = c(x2 + 9y2)
D. (x + 2y)dx + xdy = 0
11. Which of the following differential equations is
4. Eliminate the arbitrary constant in the following EXACT?
equation: A. (x + y)dx + (x – y)dy = 0
y  c1e 3x  c 2 e3x B. (x + 2y)dx + (x – y)dy = 0
C. (x + y)dx + (2x – y)dy = 0
A. y’’ – y’ – 6y = 0
D. All of the choices are correct.
B. y’’ – 2y’ – 6y = 0
C. 2y’’ – y’ – 6y = 0
12. Solve for the general solution of the following
D. 2y’’ – y’ + 6y = 0
DE
2xydx + (1 + x2)dy = 0
5. Obtain the differential equation of the family of
A. x2y + y = c C. x3y2 + x = c
straight lines with slope and y-intercept equal.
B. xy2 + x = c D. x3y2 + y = c
A. ydy + (x+1)dx =0
B. ydx + (x+1)dy = 0
13. Which of the following differential equations is
C. ydy – (x+1)dx =0
considered non-linear?
D. ydx – (x+1)dy = 0
A. (x5 + 3y)dx – x dy = 0
B. yy’’ – 2ycosx = sin x
6. Write a differential equation for the family of
C. y’’ – 2cosxy’ = sin x
circles with center on the x-axis.
D. y’ – (2/x)y = x
A. y’’ + y’ + 1 = 0
B. yy’’ + (y’)2 + 1 = 0
14. Determine the integrating factor for the
C. y’’ + (y’)2 + 1 = 0
following differential equation:
D. yy’’ - (y’)2 = 0
y' - 3y = 6
A. 3x B. e-3x C. -3x D. e3x
7. The following differential equation represents a
family of what curves?
15. Solve for the particular solution of the
dx/y = dy/(1 - 2x)
differential equation in the previous problem
A. parabola C. circle
given that y = 6 when x = 0.
B. hyperbola D. ellipse
A. y = 8e3x – 2 C. y = 8e-3x – 2
B. y = 4e3x + 2 D. y = 4e-3x + 2
8. Obtain a general solution to the following
differential equation:
16. Solve for the general solution of the following
(1 + y2)dx + (1 + x2)dy = 0
differential equation:
y' + xy = xy2
Differential Equations
A. y = Ce(x^2/2) + 1 the same rate. Find the time at which the
B. y = Ce(-x^2/2) + 1 mixture in the tank contains 2 Ib of salt.
C. y-1 = Ce(x^2/2) + 1 A. 0.432 min C. 0.338 min
D. y-1 = Ce(-x^2/2) + 1 B. 0.823 min D. 0.243 min

17. Solve for the general solution of the following 23. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of
differential equation: curves y = cx2
y'' - 3y' + 4y = 0 A. 0.5x^2 + y^2 = k
B. x^2 + y^2 = k
 7 7 
A. y  e  c1 cos x  c 2 sin
1.5x
x C. x^2 + 0.5y^2 = k
 2 2  D. x^2 - y^2 = k

1.5x
 7 7 
B. y  e  c1 cos x  c 2 sin x 24. Determine the Laplace transform of f(t) = sin 8t.
 2 2  A. 8/(s^2 + 64) C. s/(s^2 + 64)
C. y  e
1.5x

c1 cos 7x  c 2 sin 7x  B. 8/(s^2 - 64) D. s/(s^2 - 64)

D. y  e
1.5x

c1 cos 7x  c 2 sin 7x  25. Find the Laplace transform of f(t) = e -t t cos 2t.
A. (s2 + 2s – 3)/(s2 + 2s + 5)2
B. (s2 + 3s – 2)/(s2 + 5s + 2)2
18. Solve for y: (D3 - 3D2 + 3D - 1)y = 0
C. (s2 - 2s + 3)/(s2 - 2s + 5)2
A. y = e-x(c1 + xc2 + x2c3)
D. (s2 - 3s – 2)/(s2 + 5s - 2)2
B. y = ex(c1 + xc2 + x2c3)
C. y = ex(c1 + c2 + c3)
26. Using partial fraction decomposition, determine
D. y = e-x(c1 + c2 + c3)
the value of B: (x+2) / (x2 – 7x + 12) = A / (x-4) +
B / (x-3).
19. A bacteria culture is known to grow at a rate
A. -3 C. -5
proportional to the amount present. After one
B. -6 D. -7
hour, 1000 strands of the bacteria are observed
in the culture; and after four hours, 3000
1  s 
strands. Find the approximate number of 27. Evaluate: L  
s  6 
2
strands of the bacteria originally in the culture.
A. 496 C. 694 A. cos sqrt(6)t C. sin sqrt(6)t
B. 964 D. 946 B. cosh sqrt(6)t D. sinh sqrt(6)t

20. A metal bar at a temperature of 100° F is placed 28. Find the inverse Laplace transform of:
in a room at a constant temperature of 0°F. If s3
F(s) 
after 20 minutes the temperature of the bar is (s  2)(s  1)
50° F, find the time it will take the bar to reach a A. (1/3)(5e2t + 2e-t)
temperature of 25° F B. (1/2)(5e2t - 2e-t)
A. 39.6 min C. 49.6 min C. (1/2)(5e2t + 2e-t)
B. 29.6 min D. 19.6 min D. (1/3)(5e2t - 2e-t)

21. A body of mass 5 slugs is dropped from a height

of 100 ft with zero velocity. Assuming no air
resistance, find the time required to reach the
ground.
A. 2.5 secs C. 3.0 ses
B. 2.0 secs D. 1.5 secs

22. A tank initially holds 100 gal of a brine solution

containing 1 Ib of salt. At t = 0 another brine
solution containing 1 Ib of salt per gallon is
poured into the tank at the rate of 3 gal/min,
while the well-stirred mixture leaves the tank at