College of Engineering & College of Science
Department of Mathematical Sciences
MATH2210: Differential Equations and Engineering Applications
Mid-Term Exam- Fall 2012
Monday November 5, 2012
07:00-08:00 p.m.
Instructions
The exam has 5 pages without this cover page
Calculators, notes or books are NOT allowed
For each problem, show all your work
Write your name and student ID and select your section
Name
ID
Solution
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Solution
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Select your section:
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Part.
Section Instructor
Dr. Nafaa Chbili
Dr. Mohamed Hajji
Dr. Nafaa Chbili
Dr. Youssef El Khatib
Section
01
02
03
Grade
Instructor
Dr. Fatahalla Rihan
Dr. John Abraham
Dr. Nafaa Chbili
TOTAL
Part A: Technical Questions (20 points)
Answer the following questions
A1. (8 points=4+4) Answer the following
a) Solve the initial value problem
The equation
is a linear differential equation in the form
where
We first compute the integrating factor
Then the general solution is
Condition
:
The solution of the problem is
b) Find the general solution of the differential equation
This is a first order homogeneous D.E. in the form
Note: It is also a Bernoulli Equation and can be solved in another way.
. Substituting the
To solve it, we let
previous equalities in the D.E.:
and
Then we have the following separable differential equation
We integrate both sides and we obtain
and
+c, then
, where c and k are constants. Then the
general solution is:
.
1
A2.(6 points=1+3+2)
1) Consider the following differential equation
i.
Test the differential equation (E) for exactness.
(E) has the form
We compute
, where
and
Since
ii.
, we have
, then we conclude that (E) is exact.
Find a potential function and the general solution for (E) (perhaps implicitly
defined).
Thus we search for
is a potential function for, thus we should have
Choose either of these equations and integrate it. If we choose the first equation,
then integrate with respect to x:
To determine
respect to
use the fact that
, thus differentiate
using the previous equality
and
and
. Finally, the general solution is
2) Find an integrating factor
which makes the differential equation exact
Do not solve the differential equation.
Then
is an integrating factor. Thus an integrating factor is
with
A3. (6 points)
1) Find the general solution of the differential equation
The equation is a second order differential equation with constant coefficient, thus
we solve the quadratic equation:
, thus we have two distinct solutions for the
quadratic equation
The general solution of the differential equation is then
2) Use the previous question A3. 1) to find the solution of the following differential
equation
The equation is an Euler second order differential equation in the form
where
and
. Thus we assume
we solve the differential equation for y as function of t:
So we need to solve the differential equation where y is function of t:
which was done in the previous question. The solution is
Since
thus the solution in function of x is
Part B: Short Answer Questions (5 points: 1+2+2)
Answer the following questions
B1.Write down a first order differential equation which is Bernoulli but non linear and
non separable.
There are many more examples
B2. Show that
and
are linearly independent.
Write a second order differential equation whose solution is
The Wronskian
. Thus
and
are linearly independent.
The second order differential equation whose solution is
coefficient homogeneous in the form
is a constant
, where
solutions of the quadratic equation
and
are
. Thus
and the corresponding differential equation is
B3. True or False Write True or False for the following statements
The differential equation
is non-linear homogeneous
is a solution of
If the Wronskian
_False_
_True_
then
The problem
and
are linearly independent _False_
has exactly one solution
_False_
Part C: Multiple Choice Questions (5 points: 1 point each)
Circle the letter that corresponds to your answer
C1. The differential equation
is
(A) Separable
(B) Linear
(C) Bernoulli
(D) Homogeneous
C2. Which of the following differential equations is exact?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
C3. The solution of the initial value problem
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
C4. The differential equation
is
is
(A) second order and homogeneous
(B) second order and non linear
(C) second order and Euler
(D) fourth order and non linear
C5. A value of
that makes
a solution of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
is
