Department of Mathematics

Assoc. Prof. Tarek Emam

Winter 2014
Mathematics
for Engineering Students (MATH-301)
Midterm Revision
Exercise 1

Solve the following dierential equations (D.Es):
1. y

4y

+ 13y = 0; y(0) = a, y

(0) = b, where a and b are given constants

2. y

2y

+ 5y = x
2
3. y

+ 3y

+ 2y = cos x
4. y

6y = 10e
3x
, y(0) = 1, y

(0) = 2
5. y

y = 6e
x
, y(0) = 0, y

(0) = 0
6. y

+ y

2y = x + sin x
7. y

4y

+ 13y = x + 3e
x
8. y

4y = xe
x
+ cos(2x)
9. y

= e
x
+ x
2
10. y

+ 3y

= 9e
3x
+ 3
11. y

+ 5y

6y = e
2x
cos x
12. y

2y

+ 2y = e
x
cos x
13. y

+ y = sec x
14. y

+ 4y

+ 4y =
e
2x
x
15. y

+ 2y

+ y = 4e
x
ln x
16. y

3y

+ 2y = cos(e
x
)
Exercise 2
Solve the dierential equation:
y

+ 9y = sin 3x
a) Using the method of variation of parameters.
b) Using the method of undetermined coecients.

Prepared By: Eng.Hisham Hosny & Eng.Karim Kamal

Exercise 3
Find the steady-state current in the RLC- series circuit, when R = 300 , L = 0.2 H,
C = 10
5
F and E(t) = 200 sin(4t) V,and the initial charge and current are assumed to
be zeros.
RLC- series circuit
Exercise 4
Use Power Series to solve the following dierential equations:
1. y

4xy

+ (4x
2
2)y = 0
2. (1 x
2
)y

+ 3xy

+ 5y = 0, y(0) = 1, y

(0) = 3
3. (1 + x)y

+ 2y

= 0
4. y

x
2
y = 0
5. y

+ 8xy

16y = 0, y(0) = 0, y

(0) = 0
6. y

+ xy

= 0, y(0) = 0, y

(0) = 1
Exercise 5
Find the Laplace transform of the following functions:
1. f(t) = 3t
2
4t + 5e
2t5
2. f(t) = 5e
2t+3
3. f(t) = sin(t + 1)
4. f(t) = t
2
e
2t
5. f(t) = cosh(2t) sin(3t)
6. f(t) = t
2
e
2t
cos(3t)
7. f(t) = (e
t
e
t
)
2
8. f(t) = 10 cos(t

6
)
9. f(t) = t(e
t
+ e
2t
)
2
10. f(t) = e
3t
(9 4t + 10 sin(
t
2
))
11. f(t) =
{
2t + 1 : 0 t < 1
0 : t 1
(Using two dierent methods)
12. f(t) = (

2 e
t
+ 3e
4t
) cos(5t)
13. f(t) = tu(t ) +5e
2t
u(t 3) 3(t)
14. f(t) = te
t
(t 2)
15. f(t) =
{
e
3t
if 2 < t < 5
0 otherwise
(Using two dierent methods)
16. f(t) = te
t
cosh 2t
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17. f(t) = (t + 1)e
6t
(Using two dierent methods)
18. f(t) = (3t + 1)u(t 1)
19. f(t) = sin tu(t

2
)
20. f(t) = (3t 2)(t 1)
Exercise 6
Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions:
1. F(s) =
1
s
2
+2s+10
2. F(s) =
3s
s
2
4s+13
3. F(s) =
2s+5
s
2
4. F(s) =
2s+5
s
2
+9
5. F(s) =
5
(s+2)
3
6. F(s) =
1
s(s+1)(s+2)
7. F(s) =
s
(s+1)(s+2)(s+3)
8. F(s) =
s+1
(s
2
+1)(s+2)
2
9. F(s) =
s(1+e
s
)
(s
2
+1)
10. F(s) =
e
s
e
2s
s
3
11. F(s) = ln
s+4
s+2
12. F(s) =
s
2
(s+1)(s+2)
13. F(s) =
3
s
2
+9

2
(s5)
4
14. F(s) =
s
L
2
s
2
+n
2

2
15. F(s) = ln
s
2
+1
(s1)
2
16. F(s) =
s
2

2
(s
2
+
2
)
2
17. F(s) =
68s
s
2
(s3)(s1)
18. F(s) = cot
1
(
s
4
)
Exercise 7
Use the Convolution theorem to nd the inverse Laplace transform of the
following functions:
1. F(s) =
1
(s+2)
3
2. F(s) =
2
s
3
(s
2
+1)
3. F(s) =
1
s
4
2s
3
4. F(s) =

5
(s
6
+
2
s
4
)
5. F(s) =
2s+6
(s
2
+6s+10)
2
6. F(s) =
s
(s
2
+64)
2
Exercise 8
Use Laplace transform to evaluate:
(1)

0
sin2t
t
e
3t
dt
(2)

0
1cos t
t
e
t
dt
Exercise 9
Solve the following initial value problems (IVPs):
1. y

(t) + 2y

(t) 3y(t) = 8e
t
+ (t 1/2), y(0) = 3, y

(0) = 1
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2. y

(t) + 9y(t) = 8 sin t, if 0 < t < , and 0 if t > , y(0) = 1, y

(0) = 2
3. y

+
2
y =
{
0 if t < 7
5 if t 7
, y(0) = 0, y

(0) = 0
4. y

(t) + 3y

(t) + 2y(t) = 4t, if 0 < t < 1, and 8 if t > 1 y(0) = 0, y

(0) = 0
Exercise 10
A series circuit contains an inductor, a resistor, and a capacitor for which ,L = 0.5 H,
R = 10, and C = 0.01 F, respectively. The voltage is
E(t) =
{
10 if 0 t 5
0 if t 5
is applied to the circuit. Determine the instantaneous charge q(t) on the capacitor for
t > 0 if q(0) = 0 and q

(0) = 0.
RLC- series circuit
Exercise 11
Consider the following periodic function:
f(x) =
{
0 if 3 < x < 0
2x if 0 x 3
, and f(x + 6) = f(x)
a) Find the Fourier series of f.
b) Find the value of the Fourier series found in Part a at x = 3.
Exercise 12
Find the Fourier cosine series of the function:
f(x) = 2x, 0 x 3
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Exercise 13
Find the Fourier cosine series of the following function:
f(x) =
{
0 if 0 x 2
x 2 if 2 x < 3
Exercise 14
Using the Fourier sine series:

x

2

n=1
4
n
2

(
sin
n
2
)
sin(nx)
which is valid for all 0 x , nd the sum of the innite series:
1 +
1
9
+
1
25
+
1
49
+
Exercise 15
Find the general solution of:
1. 2u
x
+ u
y
u = 0
2. u
xx
+ 3u
xy
+ 2u
yy
= 0
3. u
yy
+ 9u = 0
4. u
tt
9u
xx
= 0
Hint: Start with u = e
ax+by
.
Exercise 16
Consider the PDE::
u
tt
= 25u
xx
with the boundary conditions u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0.
Find the values of a and b such that the function u(x, t) = sin(ax) cos(bt) is a solution
for the above PDE with its boundary conditions.
Exercise 17
Use Separation of Variables to solve:
u
t
= 9u
xx
, u(0, t) = u(4, t) = 0, u(x, 0) = 5 sin(x)
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Exercise 18
The two ends of a thin rod of length 4 meters placed on the xaxis are kept at zero
temperature. If the initial temperature of the rod is given by f(x) = 25x , given that
the heat diusion constant is 2 and use the method of separation of variables to nd
the temperature at each point x of the rod at any time t.
This Model can be represented as follows:
Assume the temperature function to be u(x, t) so u
t
(x, t) = 2u
xx
(x, t)
The Boundary conditions will be :u(0, t) = u(4, t) = 0, u(x, 0) = 25x
Exercise 19
Solve by Laplace transform the boundary value problem
u
t
= 4

2
u
x
2
u(0, t) = u(3, t) = 0, u(x, 0) = 10 sin 2x 6 sin 4x
Exercise 20
Solve by Laplace transform the boundary value problem
u
t
=

2
u
x
2
u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0, u(x, 0) = 3 sin(2x)
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