Concordia University March 20, 2009

Applied Ordinary Differential Equations

ENGR 213 - Section J
Prof. Alina Stancu

Exam II (A)

Directions: You have 60 minutes to solve the following 4 problems. You may use an admis-
sible calculator. No cell phones are allowed during the exam.

(1) (8 points) Determine whether the functions f1 (x) = x, f2 (x) = x2 , f3 (x) = 4x − 3x2
are linearly dependent or linearly independent on the interval (0, ∞).

(2) (15 points) Solve the initial value problem

y 00 − 2y 0 + 2y = 2x − 2, y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) = 0.

(3) (12 points) Solve the differential equation

y 00 + y = csc2 x.

(4) (5 points) Find a general solution of the differential equation

xy 00 + 2y 0 = 0.

Z
1 1
Useful Formulas: sec x = , csc x = , sec u du = ln | sec u + tan u| + C,
Z cos x sin x
csc u du = ln | csc u − cot u| + C.