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SP22 DE Midterm Part 1

This document is the midterm exam for a differential equations course. It contains 5 problems testing skills in solving initial value problems, determining existence and uniqueness of solutions, sketching phase lines and solutions, and classifying behavior of solutions based on parameter values. Students are asked to sign an honor pledge and the exam is 1 page long.

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SP22 DE Midterm Part 1

This document is the midterm exam for a differential equations course. It contains 5 problems testing skills in solving initial value problems, determining existence and uniqueness of solutions, sketching phase lines and solutions, and classifying behavior of solutions based on parameter values. Students are asked to sign an honor pledge and the exam is 1 page long.

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Di↵erential Equations (MTH20101,2)

Spring 2022 Midterm Exam ( Part I )

Please write down the following honor pledge and sign it. “I affirm that I will not give or receive
any unauthorized help on this exam, and that all work will be my own. Sign: ”
or “òî ¡X‡ ≥≥Xå ‹ÿ– Q` ÉD ⌧}i»‰.” ⌧Ö: ”

1. (8 points) Solve the initial value problem, and determine the interval on which the solution is
defined.
dy 1
t + (t + 2)y = e t cos t; y(⇡) = 0
dt t
2. Consider an initial value problem
x
y0 = ; y(0) = 1.
x2 +y

(a) (2 points) Show that the equation is not exact.


(b) (10 points) Find the solution to the initial value problem.
(Hint: Try to use an integration factor µ(y).)
dy
3. (a) (7 points) Find a general solution of dx
= y 3 , if it exists. If not, verify your answer.
dy
(b) (3 points) Find the explicit solution to the initial value problem dx
= y3; y(0) = 1,
and determine the domain of the solution.

4. Consider the di↵erential equation


y0 = y3 3y.

(a) (4 points) Sketch the phase line for the equation; Mark on it all critical points; Label each
critical point as asymptotically stable, unstable, or neither.
(b) (6 points) Sketch solutions for the equation with initial conditions y(0) = 2, y(0) = 32 , and
y(0) = 12 in the ty-plane considering the concavity of solutions.

5. Consider the di↵erential equation


y 00 + by 0 + 16y = 0.

(a) (6 points) Find the value(s) of b for which the solution


(i) decays exponentially to 0 as t ! 1.
(ii) oscillates with constant amplitude.
(iii) is a growing oscillation.
(b) (4 points) For b = 10, find the solution to the initial value problem satisfying y(0) =
0, y 0 (0) = 6.

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