Prelims Introductory Calculus MT 2021: Sheet 2

1. Find solutions of the following ODE problems including their domains:

(a)
dy
+ xy = x, y(0) = 0;
dx
(b)
dy
2x3 − 3x2 y = 1, y(1) = 0;
dx
(c)
dy
− y tan x = 1, y(0) = 1.
dx

2. Solve the following differential equations:

dy dy
(a) (1 − x2 ) + 2xy = (1 − x2 )3/2 , (b) − (cot x)y + csc x = 0.
dx dx

3. By treating y as the independent variable, or otherwise, find the implicit solution and the domain of
y(x) where
dy
(x + y 3 ) = y, y(1) = 2.
dx

4. Find the general solutions of the following homogeneous linear equations:

d2 y d2 y d2 y dy
(a) − y = 0; (b) + 4y = 0; (c) +3 + 2y = 0;
dx2 dx2 dx2 dx

d2 y dy d3 y d2 y dy d4 y d2 y
(d) +2 + 3y = 0; (e) + + + y = 0; (f) + = 0.
dx2 dx dx3 dx2 dx dx4 dx2

5. By using the substitution z = ln x, or otherwise, find the solution of the boundary value problem

d2 y dy
x2 2
+x +y =0 y(1) = 0, y(e) = 1.
dx dx

6. Find the general solutions of the following inhomogeneous equations:

(a)
d2 y dy
2
+3 + 2y = 4e3x + 2 sin x;
dx dx
(b)
d2 y dy
+2 + 3y = x2 + 2.
dx2 dx