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Midterm Problem Set

Applications: First-Order Differential Equation


1.
A 200-gallon tank is half full of distilled water. At time t = 0, a solution
containing 0.5 pound of concentrate per gallon enters the tank at the
rate of 5 gallons per minute, and the well-stirred mixture is withdrawn
at the same rate. Find the amount X of concentrate in the tank after 30
minutes.
2.
A wet towel hung from a clothesline to dry loses moisture through
evaporation at a rate proportional to its moisture content. If after 1
hour the towel has lost 40% of its original moisture content, after how
long will it have lost 80%?
3.
Glucose is added intravenously to the bloodstream at the rate of q
units per minute, and the body removes glucose from the bloodstream
at a rate proportional to the amount present. Assume that Q(t) is the
amount of glucose in the bloodstream at time t.
(a) Determine the differential equation describing the rate of change of
glucose in the bloodstream with respect to time.
(b) Solve the differential equation from part (a), letting Q = Q
0
when t =
0.
(c) Find the limit of Q(t) as t .
4.
A 200-gallon tank is full of solution containing 25 pounds of
concentrate. Starting at time t = 0, distilled water is admitted to the
tank at a rate of 10 gallons per minute, and the well-stirred solution is
withdrawn at the same rate.
(a) Find the amount of concentrate X in the solution as a function of t.
(b) Find the time at which the amount of concentrate in the tank
reaches 15 pounds.
(c) Find the quantity of the concentrate that the solution as t .
5.
A 200-gallon tank is half full of distilled water. At time t = 0, a solution
containing 0.5 pound of concentrate per gallon enters the tank at the
rate of 5 gallons per minute, and the well-stirred mixture is withdrawn
at the rate of 3 gallons per minute.
(a) After how many minutes will the tank be full?
(b) When the tank is full, how many pounds of concentrate will it
contain?
6.
A large tank is partially filled with 100 gallons of fluid in which 10
pounds of salt is dissolved. Brine containing pound of salt per gallon
is pumped into the tank at a rate of 6 gal/min. The well-mixed solution
is then pumped out at a slower rate of 4 gal/min. Find the number of
pounds of salt in the tank after 30 minutes.
7.
A 30-volt electromotive force is applied to an LR-series circuit in which
the inductance is 0.1 henry and the resistance is 50 ohms. Find the
current i(t) if i(0) = 0. Determine the current as t .
8.
A 100-volt electromotive force is applied to an RC-series circuit in
which the resistance is 200 ohms and the capacitance is 10
-4
farad. Find
the charge q(t) on the capacitor if q(0) = 0. Find the current i(t).
9. Refer to the circuit in Figure 1. Letv
C
(0) =
30 V. Determine v
C
, v
x
, and i
0
for 0.
Figure 1
10. If the switch in Figure 2 opens at t = 0,
find v(t) for 0 and

(0).
Figure 2
11. Find i and v
x
in the circuit in Figure 3. Let
i(0) = 5 A.
Figure 3
12. For the circuit of Figure 4 find i(t) for t > 0.
Figure 4
13. Find v(t) and v
0
(t) in the op amp circuit of
Figure 5
Figure 5
14.
A nitric acid solution flows at a constant rate of 6 L/min into a large
tank that initially held 200 L of a 0.5% nitric acid solution. The solution
inside the tank is kept wells stirred and flows out of the tank at a rate of
8 L/min. If the solution entering the tank is 20% nitric acid, determine
the volume of nitric acid in the tank after t min. When will the
percentage of nitric acid in the tank reach 10%?
15.
A swimming pool whose volume is 10 000 gal contains water that is
0.01% chlorine. Starting at t = 0, city water containing 0.001% chlorine
is pumped into the pool at a rate of 5 gal/min. The pool water flows out
at the same rate. What is the percentage of chlorine in the pool after 1
hour? When will the pool water be 0.002% of chlorine?
Submission: ECE1A and ECE2A September 3
CPE3 September 4
Rewrite (including diagrams, if applicable) the problem using
Engineering Lettering in short bond paper. Use blue-inked pen only.
Any form of alteration and/or erasure is not allowed. Enclose your
final answer in a parallelogram. Use GRESA format in solving.
G Given
R Required
E Equation
S Solution
A - Answer
Sample
1. This is the problem from the handout.
Given:
Required:
Equation:
Solution:
Answer:
Final Answer

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