School of Mathematics
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala,
UMA 004: Tutorial Sheet 01
1. Check whether the following differential equations are linear or nonlinear :
( 2 )2 [ ( )3 ]4/3 ( )
d y dy d2 y dy dy 2 d2 y
(i) +3 +x = 0 (ii) a 2 = −6 +9y (iii) 1+ = 2
dt2
√ dt dt dt dt dt
( )2 2 2 4 2
dy d y d y d y d y
(iv) 1 + = x2 + 2 (v) 2 + sin(t + y) = sin t (vi) t5 4 − t3 2 + 6y = 0
dx dx dt dt dt
2. Find the solution of the following differential equations:
dy dy
(i) x = (1 − 2x2 ) tan y (ii) = e2x−3y + 4x2 e−3y
dx dx ( )
dy dy dy
(iii) x(e4y − 1) + (x2 − 1)e2y = 0, x > 0 (iv) y − x = a y2 +
dx dx dx
3. Solve the following differential equations:
dy y dy x2 + y 2 − 1
(i) = sin(x + y) + cos(x + y) (ii) + =0
dx x dx 2(x2 + y 2 ) + 1
dy dy
(iii) = (4x + y + 1)2 (iv) − x tan(x − y) = 1
dx dx
4. Verify that the function is a solution of the differential equation on some interval for any choice
of the arbitrary constants appearing in the function.
( 3 )
x2 c dy 2 x dy
(i) y = + ; x +y =x (ii) y = tan +c ; = x2 (1 + y 2 )
3 x dx 3 dx
1 dy dy
(iii) y = + ce−x ;
2
+ 2xy = x (iv) y + sin y = x ; (y cos y − sin y + x) =y
2 dx dx
5. The initial value problem governing the current I flowing in an L-R circuit, when a step voltage
of magnitude E is applied to the circuit is given by
dI
IR + L = E ; t > 0, I(0) = 0
dt
Find the solution I(t) and the limiting value of I as t → ∞.
6. The temperature of the surface of a steel ball at time t is given by u(t) = 70e−kt + 30 (in o F)
where k is positive constant. Show that u satisfies the first-order equation du dt = −k(u − 30).
What is the initial temperature (t = 0) on the surface of the ball? What happens to the
temperature as t → ∞
Answers:
2. (i) sin y = cxe −x2 (ii) 3e2x − 2e3y + 8x3 = c
(iii) e4y + 1 = e2y (log x2 − x2 + c) (iv) (1 − ay)(a + x) = cy
3. (i) x = log[1 + tan 12 (x + y)] + c (ii) x2 + 2y 2 − 3 log(x2 + y 2 + 2) + c = 0
(iii) 4x + y + 1 = 2 tan(2x + c) (iv) log sin(x − y) = − 21 x2 + c
− e− L t ) , I(t → ∞) =
R
E E
5. (i) I = R (1 R
6. (i) u(t = 0) = 100 , u(t → ∞) = 30