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Midterm Reviews P 07

This document provides a review of topics for a midterm exam in differential equations. It includes definitions of key terms like differential equations, initial value problems, existence and uniqueness of solutions. It lists methods for solving first order linear differential equations and homogeneous functions. It presents sample problems like finding the general solution to a given differential equation, determining if solutions are linearly independent, using reduction of order, and determining if a differential equation is exact. It asks students to match differential equations to slope fields, solve initial value problems, and solve applied problems involving thermometers and bacterial growth.

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Midterm Reviews P 07

This document provides a review of topics for a midterm exam in differential equations. It includes definitions of key terms like differential equations, initial value problems, existence and uniqueness of solutions. It lists methods for solving first order linear differential equations and homogeneous functions. It presents sample problems like finding the general solution to a given differential equation, determining if solutions are linearly independent, using reduction of order, and determining if a differential equation is exact. It asks students to match differential equations to slope fields, solve initial value problems, and solve applied problems involving thermometers and bacterial growth.

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MAT252

Midterm Review

Spring 2007

1. Definitions: Differential equationtype, order,linearity Initial-value problem Existence and uniqueness of solutions Methods of solving first order, linear, differential equations Homogeneous function Exact equation Integrating factor Orthogonal trajectories Boundary-value problem Linear dependence/independence Wronskian Fundamental set of solutions Homogeneous and nonhomogeneous differential equations General solution of a nonhomogeneous differential equation Reduction of order Auxiliary (characteristic) equation 2. Find the general solution to dy y = +1 dt t dy = 2 y + xe x dx y (0) = 2 .

3. Find the solution to the IVP

4. Find the Wronskian of y = e t and y = cos 2t and determine if the two solutions are linearly independent. 5. Use reduction of order to find a second solution: y + 5 y = 0 that both solutions work. 6. Determine if 2 xydx + (1 + x 2 )dy is exact. 7. Use the substitution y = ux to solve the homogeneous equation ( x 2 + y 2 ) dx 2 xydy = 0 . 8. dy = 3 y 2 3 . What does Picards Theorem tell us about the solution(s) to this dt differential equation? y1 = 1 .Verify

MAT252

Midterm Review

Spring 2007

9. Match the differential equation to the slope field: I. y + x dy =0 dx II. 2 x + 2 y dy =0 dx III. dy = x sin( x 2 ) dx

10. Find the general solution to y 4 y 5 y = 0 .

MAT252

Midterm Review

Spring 2007

11. Determine if y ( x ) = xe x satisfies the differential equation y 2 y + y = 0 . 3y + x 3e 2 x and then find a particular solution x

12. Solve for the general solution of y = if y(1)=0.

13. A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 200 C to the outdoors, where the temperature is 50 C . After one minute the temperature reads 120 C . What will the reading on the thermometer be after one more minute? When will the thermometer reach 60 C ? 14. A bacteria culture grows with a constant relative growth rate. After 2 hours there are 600 bacteria and after 8 hours the count is 75,000. Find the initial population, the number after 5 hours, and determine when the population will reach 200,000. 15. Solve y = x + y y (0) = 2

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