THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MINES AND MINERAL SCIENCES

TUTORIAL SHEET ON LAPLACE TRANSFORM
MA310
MINING /MET. GROUP

Note that for your assignment, answer parts of question marked *

QUESTION ONE

Find the Laplace transform of each function below:

a. 𝑓(𝑡) = sin 3𝑡 *
b. 𝑓(𝑡) = cos 2𝑡
c. 𝑓(𝑡) = cosh 3𝑡 *
d. 𝑓(𝑡) = sinh 4𝑡
e. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑒 3𝑡 *
−2𝑡
f. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑒
g. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡 4 *
h. 𝑓(𝑡) = 7𝑡 3 − 4𝑡 3⁄2 *
i. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡
j. 𝑓(𝑡) = e2t sin 3𝑡
k. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑒 −2𝑡 cos 3𝑡
l. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡𝑒 3𝑡
m. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡 3 𝑒 −4𝑡 *
n. 𝑓(𝑡) = 6𝑒 −5𝑡 + 𝑒 3𝑡 + 5𝑡 3 − 9 *
o. 𝑓(𝑡) = 2sinh 2𝑡 + 3 sin 2𝑡 *
p. 𝑓(𝑡) = (cos 3𝑡)2 *
q. 𝑓(𝑡) = (𝑒 −2𝑡 − 1)2 *
r. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡 cosh 3𝑡
s. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡 2 cosh 3𝑡 *
t. 𝑓(𝑡) = t 3 sin 3𝑡
u. 𝑓(𝑡) = sin 2𝑡 cos 2𝑡 *
v. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑒 −3𝑡 sin 3𝑡 + 4𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 5𝑡. *
sin 2𝑡
w. 𝑓(𝑡) = 𝑡

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 QUESTION TWO

Find the inverse Laplace transform of each function below:

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a. *
𝑠4
1
b. 𝑠−4
2
c.
𝑠+5
2
d. 𝑠2 +3𝑠+2
*
1
e.
𝑠4 −16
3𝑠2 −𝑠+1
f. 𝑠3 −1
(Hint: use identity 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 = (𝑥 − 𝑦)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟)
𝑠
g. *
𝑠2 +4
2
h. 𝑠2 +4
𝑠
i. 𝑠2 −9
𝑠+2
j. (𝑠+2)2 −9
*
3
k. (𝑠−2)2 −9
*
4
l. (𝑠−1)2 +4
𝑠+1
m.
(𝑠+1)2 +16
𝑠−4
n. *
𝑠2 −8𝑠+17
𝑠−3
o.
𝑠2 +2𝑠+2
5𝑠+1
p. (𝑠−4)(𝑠+3)
*
3𝑠+5
q. (𝑠+1)2 +4
9𝑠−8
r. 𝑠2 −2𝑠
2𝑠2 −6𝑠−1
s. (𝑠−1)(𝑠2 −2𝑠+5)
𝑠2 −15𝑠+41
t. (𝑠+2)(𝑠−3)2
4𝑠2 −5𝑠+6
u. (𝑠+1)(𝑠2 +4)
*
𝑠+2
v. ln (𝑠−2) *
−1
w. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑠

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 QUESTION THREE

Solve each initial value problem using the Laplace transform

𝑑𝑦
a. 𝑑𝑡
+ 3𝑦 = 𝑒 −2𝑡 ; given that y=2 when t=0
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦
b. 𝑑𝑡 2
+ 8 𝑑𝑡 + 32𝑦 = 32 sin 4𝑡 ; 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡 = 0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦 = 𝑑𝑡
=0
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 2 1
c. − 2 + 𝑦 = 3𝑒 4𝑡 ; 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑦(0) = − 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 ′ (0) = 4
𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡 3 3
′′ ′ ′ (0)
d. 𝑦 − 𝑦 − 6𝑦 = 0; 𝑦(0) = 2, 𝑦 = −1 *
′′ ′
e. 𝑦 + 4𝑦 = sin 3𝑡; 𝑦(0) = 0 = 𝑦 (0),
f. 𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑦 = 0; 𝑦(0) = 5, 𝑦 ′ (0) = 0
g. 𝑦 ′′ + 6𝑦 ′ + 34𝑦 = 0; 𝑦(0) = 3, 𝑦 ′ (0) = 1 *
′ 2𝑡
h. 𝑦" − 2𝑦 + 10𝑦 = 𝑒 ; 𝑦(0) = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦′(0)=1
i. 𝑥" + 5𝑥′ + 6𝑥 = 4𝑡; 𝑥(0) = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥′(0)=0

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