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2 ORDER O.D.E.s
EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1 (**)
Find a general solution of the following differential equation.

d2y dy
dx 2
+5
dx
( )
+ 6 y = 12 x + e x .

FP2-M , y = A e −3 x + B e−2 x + e x + 2 x − 5
3

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Question 2 (**)
Find a general solution of the following differential equation.

d2y dy
2
+6 + 13 y = 13x 2 − x + 22 .
dx dx

FP2-O , y = e −3 x ( A cos 2 x + B sin 2 x ) + x 2 − x + 2

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Question 3 (***)
Find a solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
−3 + 2 y = 10sin x ,
dx dx

dy
subject to the boundary conditions y = 6 and = 5 at x = 0 .
dx

FP2-Q , y = 2e x + e2 x + 3cos x + sin x

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Question 4 (***)
Find a solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
−3 + 2 y = 20sin 2 x ,
dx dx

dy
subject to the boundary conditions y = 1 and = −5 at x = 0 .
dx

FP2-K , y = 3cos 2 x − sin 2 x − e2 x − e x

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Question 5 (***)
Find a general solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
+ − 2 y = 6e x .
dx dx

y = ( A + 2 x ) e x + B e −2 x

Question 6 (***)
Find a general solution of the differential equation

d 2 y dy
dx 2
dx
(
− − 2 y = 12 e2 x − e −2 x . )

y = ( A + 4 x ) e2 x + B e− x − 3e−2 x

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Question 7 (***)

d2y dy π
2
+ y = sin 2 x , with y = 0 , = 0 at x = .
dx dx 2

Show that a solution of the above differential equation is

2
y = cos x (1 − sin x ) .
3

proof

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Question 8 (***+)

d2y dy
2
+ − 2 y = 6e−2 x ,
dx dx

dy
with y = 3 and = −2 at x = 0 .
dx

Show that the solution of the above differential equation is

y = 2e x + (1 − 2 x ) e −2 x .

FP2-R , proof

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Question 9 (***+)
Find a general solution of the differential equation

d2y dy 1
2
− 2k + k2y = , k > 0 .
dx dx 4

1
y = A e kx + Bx ekx +
4k 2

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Question 10 (***+)
Find the solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
+ = 2x + 3 ,
dx dx

dy
subject to the conditions y = 2 , = −5 at x = 0 .
dx

y = x 2 + x − 4 + 6 e− x

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Question 11 (***+)
Find a solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
+2 + 5 y = 34cos 2 x ,
dx dx

dy
subject to the boundary conditions y = 18 and = 0 at x = 0 .
dx

( )
y = 2 8e− x + 1 cos 2 x + 8sin 2 x

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Question 12 (***+)
The curve C has a local minimum at the origin and satisfies the differential equation

d2y dy
2
+4 + 8 y = 32 x 2 .
dx dx

Find an equation for C .

2
y = e x ( sin 2 x + cos 2 x ) + ( 2 x − 1)

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Question 13 (***+)

d 2x
+ 9 x + 12sin 3t = 0 , t ≥ 0 ,
dt 2

dx
with x = 1 , = 2 at t = 0 .
dt

a) Show that a solution of the differential equation is

x = ( 2t + 1) cos3t .

b) Sketch the graph of x .

proof

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Question 14 (***+)
It is given that the functions of x , f and g , satisfy the following coupled first order
differential equations.

f ′ ( x ) − 5 f ( x ) = 3g ( x ) and g ′ ( x ) + 4 g ( x ) = −6 f ( x ) .

a) Show that

f ′′ ( x ) − f ′ ( x ) − 2 f ( x ) = 0 .

b) Given further that f ( 0 ) = 1 and g ( 0 ) = 3 , solve the differential equation of

part (a) to obtain simplified expressions for f ( x ) and g ( x ) .

FP2-N ,  f ( x ) , g ( x )  = 5e 2 x − 4e − x , 8e− x − 5e2 x 

 

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Question 15 (***+)
It is given that the variables x = f ( t ) and y = g ( t ) satisfy the following coupled first
order differential equations.

dx dy
= x+ 2 y and = 3y − 3 x .
dt 3 dt 2

Given further that x = 1 , y = 3 at t = 0 , solve the differential equations to obtain

simplified expressions for f ( t ) and g ( t ) .

FP2-N ,  f ( t ) , g ( x )  =  e2t + t e2t , 3e2t + 3 t e 2t 

 2 

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Question 16 (****)

dx dy
+ y = e −t and − x = et .
dt dt

Given that x = 0 , y = 0 at t = 0 , solve the differential equations to obtain simplified

expressions for x = f ( t ) and y = g ( t ) .

FP2-P , x = − cosh t + sin t + cos t , y = cosh t + sin t − cos t

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Question 17 (****)

d2y dy
2
+4 + 4 y = 16 + 32e2 x ,
dx dx

dy
with y = 8 and = 0 at x = 0 .
dx

Show that the solution of the above differential equation is

y = 8cosh 2 x .

proof

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Question 18 (****)

d2y dy
2
− 2k + k 2 y = 12 x e kx , k > 0
dx dx

a) Find a general solution of the differential equation given that y = Px3 e kx ,

where P is a constant, is part of the solution.

dy
b) Given further that y = 1 , = 0 at x = 0 show that
dx

(
y = e kx 2 x3 − kx + 1 . )

(
y = e kx 2 x3 + Ax + B )

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Question 19 (****)
Show that the solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
−8 + 16 y = 24e 4 x ,
dx dx

dy
subject to the boundary conditions y = −1 , = −4 at x = 0 , can be written as
dx

( )
y = 12 x 2 − 1 e 4 x .

proof

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Question 20 (****)

d2y dy
2
−6 + 9 y = 4e3 x .
dx dx

dy
a) Find a solution of the differential equation given that y = 1 , = 0 at x = 0 .
dx

b) Sketch the graph of y .

The sketch must include …
• the coordinates of any points where the graph meets the coordinate axes.
• the coordinates of any stationary points of the curve.
• clear indications of how the graph looks for large positive or negative
values of x .

(
y = e3 x 2 x 2 − 3 x + 1 )

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Question 21 (****)
The curve with equation y = f ( x ) is the solution of the differential equation

d2y dy
2
−4 + 4 y = 8sin 2 x .
dx dx

The first two non zero terms in Maclaurin series expansion of f ( x ) are x + kx 2 ,
where k is a constant.

Determine in any order the value of k and the exact value of f 1 π .

4 ( )
1
( )
FP2-Z , k = 2 , f 1 π = 1 ( 3π − 4 ) e 2
4 2
π

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