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SSCE 1793 Answer All Questions

This document contains 6 questions regarding differential equations. Question 1 has 3 parts that ask the student to (a) show an equation is exact and solve it, (b) find the general solution to a differential equation, and (c) find the velocity of a falling ball with air resistance over time. Question 2 has 2 parts about finding the general solution to given differential equations. Question 3 covers Laplace transforms, including using the convolution theorem. Questions 4 and 5 cover additional Laplace transform problems and Fourier series. Question 6 has two parts, one using d'Alembert's formula to solve a wave equation, and the other using separation of variables to solve a heat equation.

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SSCE 1793 Answer All Questions

This document contains 6 questions regarding differential equations. Question 1 has 3 parts that ask the student to (a) show an equation is exact and solve it, (b) find the general solution to a differential equation, and (c) find the velocity of a falling ball with air resistance over time. Question 2 has 2 parts about finding the general solution to given differential equations. Question 3 covers Laplace transforms, including using the convolution theorem. Questions 4 and 5 cover additional Laplace transform problems and Fourier series. Question 6 has two parts, one using d'Alembert's formula to solve a wave equation, and the other using separation of variables to solve a heat equation.

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SSCE 1793

Answer All Questions

1. (a) Show that


1
(2xy + y 2 ) dx + (x2 + xy) dy = 0
2
is an exact equation. Hence solve it.
[7 marks]
(b) Find a general solution of the equation
x

dy
+ y = y 2 x2 ln x.
dx
[7 marks]

(c) A ball falls through the air with only air resistance and gravity acting
on it. The velocity, v(t) of the ball is described by the dierential
equation
dv
m = mg kv,
dt
where m is the mass, g = 9.8m/sec is the acceleration due to gravity
and k is positive constant related to air resistance. Find the velocity
of the ball with mass, m = 0.15kg and the initial velocity is 20m/sec
with k = 0.3. Hence, determine the velocity of the ball as t .
[6 marks]
2. (a) Find a general solution of the following equation
y + 3y 4y = e2x .
[7 marks]

SSCE 1793
(b) The dierential equation
L

d2 q
dq
1
+ R + q = E(t)
2
dt
dt C

describes an electrical circuit where q(t) stands for charge (in Coulombs)
on a capacitor at time t, L inductance, R resistance, and E(t) electromotive force. Given that L = 0.1H, R = 4, C = 0.025F and
E(t) = 10 sin 10t, nd the charge q as a function of time if the initial
charge and current are both 0.
dq
(Note: Current, I = )
dt
[8 marks]
3. (i) Consider

{
g(t) =

t, 0 t < 3,
3, t 3.

Write g(t) in terms of a unit step function. Hence nd L{g(t)}.


[3 marks]
(ii) Use the convolution theorem to determine
}
{
1
1
.
L
s2 (s2 + 4)
[5 marks]
(iii) Use the result in part (i) and (ii), or otherwise to nd the solution of
the initial value problem
y + 4y = g(t),
y(0) = 0, y (0) = 0,
with the function g(t) given in part (i).
[7 marks]

SSCE 1793
4. (a) Find the Laplace transform of
f (t) = (tan t)(t

).
4
[2 marks]

(b) Find

{
1

}
s3
.
s2 + 2s + 17
[4 marks]

(c) Use Laplace transform to solve the following


dx
= x 3y
dt
dy
= x + y
dt
given that x = 1 and y = 0 when t = 0.
[7 marks]

5. (a) Sketch the odd extension of the following function, f (x), over the interval 6 < x < 6.
f (x) = x2 ,

0 < x < 2.
[2 marks]

(b) Let the function f (x) be dened as follows.


{
f (x) =

x + , x < 0,
0,
0 < x ,

f (x) = f (x + 2).
4

SSCE 1793
(i) Sketch the graph of f (x) for the interval 3 < x < 3.
[2 marks]
(ii) Show that the Fourier series of f (x) is given by

f (x) =

2
1
1
+
sin nx.
cos(2n

1)x

4 n=1 (2n 1)2


n
n=1

[10 marks]
(iii) Use the series in part (ii) and its value at x = 0 to show that
2
1
1
1
1
= 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + ... +
+ ...
8
3
5
7
(2n 1)2
[3 marks]
6. (a) Using dAlembert formula, solve the following one-dimensional wave
equation, together with the given initial condition.
utt uxx = 0,

< x < , t > 0

u(x, 0) = sin x
ut (x, 0) = 0.5
[5 marks]
(b) Consider the following heat equation
u
2u
=
,
t
x2
with boundary conditions
u(0, t) = 0,

0 < x < ,

t>0

u(, t) = 0,

t>0

and initial conditions


u(x, 0) = sin 2x,

0 < x < .

Find the solution u(x, t) using the method of separation of variables.


[15 marks]

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