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Worksheet 7.2-Euler's Method: Dy X DX Dy X DX

This document provides a worksheet with 10 problems involving Euler's method, a numerical method for solving differential equations. The problems ask students to use Euler's method to approximate solutions to various differential equations by breaking them into small time steps. Some key aspects covered are: - Using Euler's method to find approximate solutions to differential equations given initial values and time steps. - Calculating the error between approximate and exact solutions. - Sketching slope fields and solution curves for differential equations. - Determining local extrema of solutions and comparing approximate values to derivatives.

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Worksheet 7.2-Euler's Method: Dy X DX Dy X DX

This document provides a worksheet with 10 problems involving Euler's method, a numerical method for solving differential equations. The problems ask students to use Euler's method to approximate solutions to various differential equations by breaking them into small time steps. Some key aspects covered are: - Using Euler's method to find approximate solutions to differential equations given initial values and time steps. - Calculating the error between approximate and exact solutions. - Sketching slope fields and solution curves for differential equations. - Determining local extrema of solutions and comparing approximate values to derivatives.

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Calculus Maximus WS 4.

2: Euler’s Method

Name_________________________________________ Date________________________ Period______

Worksheet 7.2—Euler’s Method


Show all work on a separate sheet of paper. Unless state, you MAY use a calculator, but show all steps.

1. Answer the following questions.


dy
a) Given the differential equation  x  2 and y  0   3 . Find an approximation for y 1 by using
dx
Euler’s method with two equal steps. Sketch you solution.
dy
b) Solve the differential equation  x  2 with the initial condition y  0   3 , and use your solution
dx
to find y 1 .
c) The error in using Euler’s Method is the difference between the approximate value and the exact
value. What was the error in your answer? How could you produce a smaller error using Euler’s
Method?

2. Suppose a continuous function f and its derivative f  have values that are given in the following table.
Given that f  2   5 , use Euler’s Method with two steps of size x  0.5 to approximate the value of
f (3) .
x 2.0 2.5 3.0
f  x 0.4 0.6 0.8
f ( x) 5

dy 1
3. Given the differential equation  and y  0   1 , find an approximation of y 1 using Euler’s
dx x  2
Method with two steps and step size x  0.5 .

dy
4. Given the differential equation  x  y and y 1  3 , find an approximation of y  2  using Euler’s
dx
Method with two equal steps.

dy
5. The curve passing through  2,0  satisfies the differential equation  4 x  y . Find an
dx
approximation to y  3 using Euler’s Method with two equal steps.

6. Assume that f and f  have the values given in the table. Use Euler’s Method with two equal steps to
approximate the value of f  4.4  .
x 4 4.2 4.4
f  x -0.5 -0.3 -0.1
f ( x) 2

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7. The table gives selected values for the derivative of a function f on the interval 2  x  2 . If
f  2   3 and Euler’s Method with a step size of 1.5 is used to approximate f 1 , what is the
resulting approximation?
x f ( x)
-2 -0.8
-1.5 -0.5
-1 -0.2
-0.5 0.4
0 0.9
0.5 1.6
1 2.2
1.5 3
2 3.7

dy
8. Let y  f ( x) be the particular solution to the differential equation  x  2 y with the initial
dx
condition f  0   1 . Use Euler’s Method, starting at x  0 with two steps of equal size to approximate
f  0.6  .

9. AP 2002-5 (No Calculator)


dy
Consider the differential equation:  2 y  4x .
dx
a) The slope field for the given differential equation is provided. Sketch the solution curve that passes
through the point  0, 1 and sketch the
solution curve that passes through the point
 0, 1 .
b) Let f be the function that satisfies the given
differential equation with the initial
condition f  0   1 . Use Euler’s method,
starting at x  0 with a step size of 0.1 , to
approximate f  0.2  . Show the work that
leads to your answer.
c) Find the value of b for which y  2 x  b is
a solution to the given differential
equation. Justify your answer.
d) Let g be the function that satisfies the
given differential equation with the initial
condition g  0   0 . Does the graph of g
have a local extremum at the point  0,0  ?
If so, is the point a local maximum or a
local minimum? Justify your answer.

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10. AP 2005-4 (No Calculator)


Consider the differential equation
dy
 2x  y .
dx
a) On the axes provided, sketch a slope field
for the given differential equation at the
twelve points indicated and sketch the
solution curve that passes through the point
 0,1 .
b) The solution curve that passes through the
point  0,1 has a local minimum at
3
x  ln   . What is the y-coordinate of
2
this local minimum?
c) Let y  f  x  be the particular solution to the given differential equation with the initial condition
f  0   1 . Use Euler’s method, starting at x  0 with two steps of equal size, to approximate
f  0.4  . Show the work that leads to your answer.
d2y
d) Find in terms of x and y. Determine whether the approximation found in part (c) is less than
dx 2
or greater than f  0.4  . Explain your reasoning.

Selected Answers
1. (A) 5.25
(B) 5.5
(C) Error = 0.25, use smaller steps
2. 5.5
3. 1.45
4. 8.25
5. 11
6. 1.84
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7. 2.4
8. 0.25

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