Problems: 1St Order Odes
Problems: 1St Order Odes
Find the general solution of the differential equations using the transformation y = vx.
dy dy y 2 + xy dy
(a) xy = y 2 + x2 , (b) x = , (c) x = y + xey/x .
dx dx x dx
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(e) Use a suitable transformation to find the general solution of
dy
= 2x + y + 2.
dx
(f) Use a suitable transformation to find the general solution of
dy
= (2x + y)2 − 2.
dx
Problem 1.4.
Find the general solution of the linear first order differential equations
dy dy 1
(a) − 2y = et , (b) t + 4y = 2 ,
dt dt t
dy dx
− 2y = x3 sin 2x,
(c) x (d) + 3t2 x = t2 .
dx dt
(e) Find the particular solution of the differential equation
dy
= x + y : y(0) = 0.
dx
(f) In an open storage vessel where the flow rates are governed by gravity, the flow rate
Q out of the vessel at time t is represented by the following initial value problem
dQ
+ aQ = bh(t) : Q(0) = Q0 ,
dt
where a and b are constants representing chemical and frictional losses and h(t) is the
depth of fluid in the storage vessel. If a = 5, b = 2 and h(t) = 10e−4t solve the initial
value problem.
Answers
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1. (a) y = 4
e4x + C, (b) y = sin x − cos x + 1.
x3 1 2 /2 √
2. (a) −e−y = 3
+ C, (b) x = (3 − 3 cos t) 3 , (c) y = ex , (d) x = ± 2C − 2 cos t,
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(e) x = (t1/2 + C/2)2 , (f) Y = 5 − , K = 2/75 and Y = 5mol cm−3 .
5Kt + 1
p
3. (a) y = ± 2x2 ln(Cx), (b) y = − ln xCx , (c) y = −x ln(− ln Cx)),
√
(d) y = x − 1 ± 2x + 2C, (e) y = Cex − 2x − 4, (f) y = −2x − 1
x+C
.
C
4. (a) y = −et + Ce2t , (b) y = 1
2t2
+ t4
, (c) y = − 12 x2 cos 2x + Cx2 ,
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(d) x = 1
3
+ Ce−t , (e) y = −x − 1 + ex , (f) Q = 20e−4t + (Q0 − 20)e−5t .
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