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Tutorial 3 Laplace Transforms

This document is a tutorial on solving differential equations using Laplace transforms. It contains 4 questions: 1) Solve 4 initial value problems involving second order differential equations. 2) State and prove two properties of Laplace transforms, find the Laplace transform of f(t)=sin(at), and use Laplace transforms to solve an initial value problem. 3) Define the Laplace transform, prove two properties of Laplace transforms of derivatives, and find the inverse Laplace transforms of two functions. 4) Solve a differential equation using Laplace transforms that involves an inhomogeneous term with exponential and trigonometric functions, along with initial conditions.

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Tutorial 3 Laplace Transforms

This document is a tutorial on solving differential equations using Laplace transforms. It contains 4 questions: 1) Solve 4 initial value problems involving second order differential equations. 2) State and prove two properties of Laplace transforms, find the Laplace transform of f(t)=sin(at), and use Laplace transforms to solve an initial value problem. 3) Define the Laplace transform, prove two properties of Laplace transforms of derivatives, and find the inverse Laplace transforms of two functions. 4) Solve a differential equation using Laplace transforms that involves an inhomogeneous term with exponential and trigonometric functions, along with initial conditions.

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UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE

Tutorial 3 Laplace Transforms March 19-23 2018

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Q1. Solve the following

(a) y ′′ + 2y ′ = 1, y(0) = 0; y ′(0) = 10


(b) y ′′ − y ′ − 2y = e2t , y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 1
(c) y ′′ + y = cos 2t, y(0) = 2, y ′(0) = 1
(d) y ′′ + y = sin 2t, y(0) = 2, y ′ (0) = 1

Q2. (a) State and prove any two properties of Laplace transforms f (t). [6]
a
(b) If f (t) = sin at, t ≥ 0, show that its Laplace transform F (s) = s2 +a2
, s > 0. [6]
(c) Use the method of Laplace transforms to solve the initial value problem

2y ′′ + 3y ′ − 2y = te−2t , y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = −2.

[15]

Q3. (a) Define the Laplace transform of a function. [2]


(b) Let L{f (t)} = F (s) define the Laplace transform of the function f (t). Prove that
(i) L{f ′′ (t)} = s2 F (s) − sf (0) − f ′ (0),
(ii) L{eat f (t)} = F (s − a). [5,4]
(c) Find the inverse Laplace Transforms of
6
(i) (s+2)2 +9
s+3
(ii) s2 +2s+5
. Hint* complete the square [3,4]
(d) Solve the following differential equation using the method of Laplace transforms

y ′′ + 2y ′ + 5y = 3e−x sin x, y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 3

[12]

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